Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,869,761 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 42,869,490 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
42,869,490 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 42,869,761 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 514,437,132 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 514,433,877 KWD per year, or 42,869,490 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 274205759
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 239068171
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 455318769
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 372967093
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 345319402
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 343388827
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 334385616
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 334384134
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 332585351
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 315095162
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 313801554
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 312456912
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 308669766
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 293472565
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 374253067
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 360106148
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 351012951
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 349920175
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 340300469
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 334384814
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 316378926
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 313215426
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 311743422
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 308662630
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 282943474
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 282941518
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 514432714
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 514433877
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 509290021
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 488715275
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 488715275
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 473282161
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 385827934
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 299613389
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 257226080
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%.