Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
86,711,040 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 86,710,769 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
86,710,769 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 86,711,040 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 1,040,532,480 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,040,529,225 KWD per year, or 86,710,769 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 554614580
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 483546783
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 920955766
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 754386220
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 698460905
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 694557471
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 676347592
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 676346110
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 672705994
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 637328563
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 634707103
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 631986183
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 624326974
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 593591548
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 756987432
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 728372891
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 709980959
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 707770231
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 688312541
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 676346790
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 639927565
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 633528578
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 630550889
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 624319839
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 572295915
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 572293960
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1040528062
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 1040529225
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1030124415
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 988505856
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 988505856
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 957289882
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 780399445
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 606016580
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 520273754
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%.