Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,876,480 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,876,209 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
3,876,209 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 3,876,480 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 46,517,760 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 46,514,505 KWD per year, or 3,876,209 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 24804734
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 21624167
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 41172224
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 33725548
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 31228524
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 31052646
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 30238024
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 30236542
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 30075477
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 28494547
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 28381955
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 28261402
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 27918142
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 26540940
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 33841724
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 32562587
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 31739865
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 31641418
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 30771804
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 30237222
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 28608512
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 28322716
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 28189897
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 27911007
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 25587819
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 25585864
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 46513342
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 46514505
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 46049843
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 44191872
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 44191872
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 42796339
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 34888405
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 34888378
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 27092467
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 23266394
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%.