Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,841,016 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,840,745 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,840,745 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 1,841,016 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 22,092,192 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 22,088,937 KWD per year, or 1,840,745 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 KWD in your salary will be taxed 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 11785906
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 10273508
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 19553618
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 16017011
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14832861
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 14748579
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 14361405
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 14359923
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 14284348
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 13533886
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 13482944
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 13426290
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 13262802
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 12607009
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 16072123
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 15464690
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 15073689
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 15027147
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 14614291
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 14360603
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 13586788
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 13451209
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 13388296
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 13255666
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 12153757
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 12151801
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 22088937
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 22087774
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 21868530
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 20987582
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 20987582
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 20324817
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 16569229
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 16569202
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 12866772
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 11053610
50.0%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of Kuwait, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.

NOTE** Since January 1st, 2015, employee contributions to Kuwait's social security have increased by 2.5%, for a total of 10.5%. After a certain salary cap, the contribution goes back to 8%.