Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,508,939,934 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 4,508,939,663 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
4,508,939,663 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 4,508,939,934 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 54,107,279,208 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 54,107,275,953 KWD per year, or 4,508,939,663 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 6.0% 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 28839190586
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 25143876255
53.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 37875095601
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 36918748920
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 35791965502
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 35169732163
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 33275976802
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 32943217324
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 32788362606
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 32464367876
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 29759006616
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 53566203676
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 51401915248
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 51401915248
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 54107275953
6.0%
4
Oman
KWD 49778696871
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 54107274790
8.2%
6
Egypt
KWD 40580459491
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 31512620542
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 27053647118
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%.