Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
279,085,820 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 279,085,549 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
279,085,549 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 279,085,820 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 3,349,029,840 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,349,026,585 KWD per year, or 279,085,549 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 9.7% 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 2913655961
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 2729459320
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 2695969021
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 2578752653
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 1959182456
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 1927518226
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 1875457341
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 1827534158
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 1772080514
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 1768958204
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 1761594033
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 1734802878
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 1733129776
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 1715430629
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 1691262886
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 1674833618
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 1638643879
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 1623446389
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 1607538871
52.0%
19
France
KWD 1383162217
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 1251865674
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 1233117487
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 1205653486
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 1785043672
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 1556314741
53.5%
2
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%.