Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
288,288,866 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 288,288,595 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
288,288,595 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 288,288,866 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 3,459,466,392 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,459,463,137 KWD per year, or 288,288,595 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 9.4% 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 1843906355
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 1607635048
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 3061908212
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2508113306
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2322170293
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 2309195858
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 2248654635
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2248653153
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2236546768
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 2118925584
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 2110198795
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2101149884
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 2075687322
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1973508682
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2516761853
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2421626630
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2360480040
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2353129078
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2288437324
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2248653833
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2127571921
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2106296491
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2096395813
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2075680186
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1902709567
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 1902707611
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3459461974
0.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 3424868988
1.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3286493072
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 3286493072
5.0%
4
Oman
KWD 3182709081
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 3459463137
9.4%
6
Egypt
KWD 2594599879
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2014827880
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1729740710
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%.