Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
728,009,856 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 728,009,585 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
728,009,585 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 728,009,856 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 8,736,118,272 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,736,115,017 KWD per year, or 728,009,585 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.7% 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 4656361807
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 4059716283
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7732172535
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6333685919
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5864122868
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 5831360988
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 5678478357
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5678476875
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5647902208
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 5350874860
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 5328829935
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5305977169
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 5241678450
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4983653897
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6355526096
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6115282946
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5960871534
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5942307687
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5778942543
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5678477555
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5372712827
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5318985988
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5293983532
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5241671314
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4804868101
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4804866145
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 8648754350
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 8736115017
3.7%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8299312358
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 8299312358
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8736113854
5.1%
5
Oman
KWD 8037228810
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6552088789
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5088002702
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4368066650
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%.