Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
79,223,556 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 79,223,285 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
79,223,285 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 79,223,556 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 950,682,672 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 950,679,417 KWD per year, or 79,223,285 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 506724632
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 441793218
53.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 691621697
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 665478026
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 648674189
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 646654392
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 628876893
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 617944415
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 584669933
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 578823523
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 576102984
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 570409954
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 522878521
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 522876565
45.0%
12
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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%.