Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,838,560 KWD
Pension
- 10.15 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.73 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.63 KWD
Total tax
- 12.52 KWD
Net pay
* 3,838,547 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
3,838,547 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 3,838,560 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 998,025,600 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 998,022,345 KWD per year, or 83,168,529 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 531958413
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 463793666
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 883333734
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 723568732
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 669928161
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 666184129
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 648718120
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 648716638
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 645225296
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 611293099
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 608778925
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 606169204
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 598822846
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 569342860
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 726063677
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 698618075
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 680977452
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 678857051
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 660194240
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 648717318
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 613785834
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 607648265
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 604792230
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 598815711
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 548917131
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 548915176
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 998021182
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 998022345
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 988042604
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 948124320
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 948124320
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 918183552
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 748519285
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 581260148
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 499020314
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%.