Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
720,345,600 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 720,345,329 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
720,345,329 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 720,345,600 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 8,644,147,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,644,143,945 KWD per year, or 720,345,329 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.8% 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 4607341225
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 4016976958
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7650770686
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6267006892
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5802387285
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 5769970297
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 5618697160
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5618695678
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5588442910
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 5294542579
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 5272729786
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5250117619
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 5186495806
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4931187619
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6288617141
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6050903195
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5898117373
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5879748964
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5718103679
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5618696358
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5316150618
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5262989401
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5238250166
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5186488671
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4754284011
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4754282056
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 8557702988
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 8644143945
3.8%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8211939840
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 8211939840
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8644142782
5.1%
5
Oman
KWD 7952615424
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6483110485
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5034437830
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4322081114
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%.