Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
43,683,900 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 43,683,629 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
43,683,629 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 43,683,900 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 524,206,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 524,203,545 KWD per year, or 43,683,629 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 279412992
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 243608175
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 463965717
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 380050102
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 351877292
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 349910080
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 340735900
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 340734418
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 338901442
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 321079084
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 319760817
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 318390618
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 314531566
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 299045819
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 381360500
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 366944915
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 357679039
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 356565503
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 346763104
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 340735098
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 322387272
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 319163688
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 317663723
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 314524431
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 288316791
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 288314836
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 524202382
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 524203545
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 518961992
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 497996460
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 497996460
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 482270256
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 393155185
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 305303341
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 262110914
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%.