Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
28,538,206 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 28,537,935 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
28,537,935 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 28,538,206 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 342,458,472 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 342,455,217 KWD per year, or 28,537,935 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 182541133
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 159149000
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 303103725
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 248282564
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 229878727
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 228593071
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 222599487
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 222598005
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 221401148
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 209758233
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 208898694
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 208003953
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 205482570
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 195364759
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 249138592
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 239721086
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 233667611
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 232940291
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 226536585
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 222598685
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 210612050
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 208506219
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 207526418
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 205475434
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 188355211
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 188353255
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 342454054
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 342455217
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 339031148
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 325335548
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 325335548
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 315061794
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 256843939
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 256843912
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 199451297
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 171236750
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%.