Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
14,576,256 KWD
Pension
- 10.15 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.73 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.63 KWD
Total tax
- 12.52 KWD
Net pay
* 14,576,243 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
14,576,243 KWD
Net pay
15.23 KWD
Tax the employer pays
12.52 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27.75 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 15.23 KWD to pay you 14,576,256 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 3,789,826,560 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,789,823,305 KWD per year, or 315,818,609 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 8.6% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 3297149107
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 3088708646
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 3050810381
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 2918166127
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 2217048538
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 2181216574
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 2122303505
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 2068076928
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 2005319282
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 2001787031
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 1993453108
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 1963135579
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 1961242078
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 1941213761
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 1913865230
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 1895273539
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 1854319367
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 1837122599
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 1819121296
52.0%
19
France
KWD 1565211262
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 1416635047
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 1395418840
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 1364340305
64.0%
23
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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%.