Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,741,895,680 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 6,741,895,409 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
6,741,895,409 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 6,741,895,680 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 80,902,748,160 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 80,902,744,905 KWD per year, or 6,741,895,409 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.0% 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 43121175537
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 37595837859
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 71605485482
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 58654492588
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 54305973180
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 54002586438
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 52586787784
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 52303628431
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 49552935667
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 49137101498
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 46152190416
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 56631923867
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 0
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 53517168214
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 52586786982
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 49755190208
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 49257638595
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 49026095245
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 48541649247
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 44496514539
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 80093717939
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 80902744905
4.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 76857610752
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 76857610752
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 80902743742
5.5%
5
Oman
KWD 74430528307
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 60677061205
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 47118569615
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 40451381594
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%.