Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
64,887,828 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 64,887,557 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
64,887,557 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 64,887,828 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 778,653,936 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 778,650,681 KWD per year, or 64,887,557 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 415033316
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 361850776
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 689172043
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 564524276
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 522674932
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 519753543
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 506126538
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 506125056
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 503401515
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 476927954
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 474967469
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 472931630
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 467199848
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 444199004
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 566470792
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 545057911
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 531294681
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 529640445
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 515079885
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 506125737
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 478872260
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 474083827
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 471855634
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 467192712
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 428262716
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 428260760
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 778649518
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 778650681
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 770864657
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 739721239
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 739721239
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 716361621
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 583990537
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 453495898
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 389334482
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%.