Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,525,600 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,525,329 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
3,525,329 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 3,525,600 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 42,307,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 42,303,945 KWD per year, or 3,525,329 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 22560505
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 19667503
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 37445537
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 30672892
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 28402185
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 28242097
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 27501160
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 27499678
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 27353350
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 25915579
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 25813614
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 25704077
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 25391806
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 24138963
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 30778541
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 29615195
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 28866895
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 28777396
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 27986519
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 27500358
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 26019018
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 25759117
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 25638348
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 25384671
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 23272011
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 23270056
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 42302782
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 42303945
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 41881388
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 40191840
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 40191840
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 38922624
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 31730485
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 31730458
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 24640195
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 21161114
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%.