Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,931,497,152 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,931,496,881 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
1,931,496,881 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 1,931,497,152 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 23,177,965,824 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 23,177,962,569 KWD per year, or 1,931,496,881 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.4% 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 12353866552
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 10770900608
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 20514377408
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 16804025395
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 15558213037
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 15471294229
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 15065679266
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 15065677783
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 14984556651
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 14196506486
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 14077377699
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 13906786981
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 13222222460
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 16861970190
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 16224576232
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 15814905165
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 15765652392
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 15332224698
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 15065678464
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 14254449071
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 14111904870
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 14045569847
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 13906779845
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 12747884254
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 22946183426
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 23177962569
1.4%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 23177961406
1.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 22019067533
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 22019067533
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 21323728558
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 17383474453
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 13499079134
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 11588990426
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%.