Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
295,960 KWD
Pension
- 10.15 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.73 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.63 KWD
Total tax
- 12.52 KWD
Net pay
* 295,947 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
295,947 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 295,960 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 76,949,600 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 76,946,345 KWD per year, or 6,412,195 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 41024905
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 35765965
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 68106867
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 55788632
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 51655896
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 51365899
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 50018720
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 50017238
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 49749662
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 47134049
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 46944648
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 46744485
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 46177246
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 43901240
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 55980887
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 53864875
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 52504270
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 52341156
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 50902466
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 50017918
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 47324094
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 46851142
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 46631227
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 46170111
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 42325331
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 42323376
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 76946345
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 76945182
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 76177364
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 73102120
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 73102120
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 70793632
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 57712285
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 57712258
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 44816275
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 38482314
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%.