Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,505,760 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 5,505,489 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
5,505,489 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 5,505,760 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 66,069,120 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 66,065,865 KWD per year, or 5,505,489 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 35225609
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 30709762
53.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 48065338
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 46248539
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 45080247
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 44940254
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 43705029
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 42945606
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 40632598
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 40226562
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 40037787
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 39641823
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 36341067
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 36339112
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 66065865
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 66064702
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 65405689
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 62765664
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 62765664
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 60783590
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 49551925
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 49551898
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 38479375
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 33042074
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%.