Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
96,048,352 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 96,048,081 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
96,048,081 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 96,048,352 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 1,152,580,224 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,152,576,969 KWD per year, or 96,048,081 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 614336027
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 535615818
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1020127095
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 835620835
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 773672953
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 769349341
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 749178626
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 749177143
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 745144860
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 705957806
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 703053540
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 700039501
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 691555621
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 657510864
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 838502166
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 806806312
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 786433936
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 783985106
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 762432124
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 749177824
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 708836927
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 701748847
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 698450478
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 691548485
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 633922174
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 633920219
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1152575806
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 1152576969
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1141051682
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1094951213
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1094951213
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1060373806
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 864435253
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 671274307
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 576297626
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%.