Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,561,125 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 42,560,854 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
42,560,854 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 42,561,125 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 510,733,500 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 510,730,245 KWD per year, or 42,560,854 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 272231723
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 237347078
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 452040755
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 370281960
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 342833339
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 340916652
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 331978255
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 331976773
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 330190953
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 312826687
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 311542427
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 310207474
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 306447586
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 291359773
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 371558674
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 357513605
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 348485870
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 347400965
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 337850516
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 331977453
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 314101192
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 310960469
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 309499065
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 306440451
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 280906476
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 280904521
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 510729082
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 510730245
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 505623425
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 485196825
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 485196825
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 469874820
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 383050210
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 297456356
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 255374264
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%.