Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
89,155,464 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 89,155,193 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
89,155,193 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 89,155,464 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 1,069,865,568 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,069,862,313 KWD per year, or 89,155,193 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 570249115
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 497177987
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 946917925
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 775652709
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 718150740
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 714137308
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 695414099
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 695412617
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 691669835
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 655295079
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 652599583
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 649801927
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 641926827
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 610325048
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 778327254
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 748906053
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 729995658
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 727722597
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 707716379
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 695413297
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 657967414
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 651388029
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 648326389
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 641919692
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 588429114
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 588427158
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1069861150
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 1069862313
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1059164173
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1016372290
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1016372290
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 984276323
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 802399261
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 623100464
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 534940298
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%.