Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
397,437,976 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 397,437,705 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
397,437,705 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 397,437,976 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 4,769,255,712 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,769,252,457 KWD per year, or 397,437,705 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 6.8% 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 2542024062
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 2216299384
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 4221177853
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 3457710563
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3201366374
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 3183480229
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 3100017693
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3100016211
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3083325563
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 2921171542
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 2909138879
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2896663525
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 2861560914
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2720697646
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3469633584
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3338479154
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3254182038
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3244047773
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 3154862959
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 3100016891
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2933092352
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2903761718
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2890112423
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2861553778
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2623093693
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 2623091737
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 4721560415
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4530792926
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 4530792926
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 4769252457
6.8%
4
Oman
KWD 4387715255
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 4769251294
9.3%
6
Egypt
KWD 3576941869
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2777662278
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2384635370
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%.