Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7,783,152 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 7,782,881 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
7,782,881 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 7,783,152 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 93,397,824 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 93,394,569 KWD per year, or 7,782,881 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 49791808
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 43409520
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 82664878
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 67713595
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 62696767
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 62345089
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 60710066
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 60708583
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 60383439
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 57208586
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 56977670
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 56734478
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 56046181
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 53284376
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 67946970
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 65378632
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 63727305
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 63529238
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 61782966
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 60709264
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 57439751
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 56865643
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 56598654
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 56039045
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 51371854
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 51369899
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 93393406
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 93394569
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 92461106
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 88727933
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 88727933
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 85925998
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 70048453
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 70048426
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 54395885
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 46706426
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%.