Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
51,107 KWD
Pension
- 10.15 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.73 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.63 KWD
Total tax
- 12.52 KWD
Net pay
* 51,094 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
51,094 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 51,107 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.01 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 13,287,820 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 13,284,565 KWD per year, or 1,107,047 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 7093176
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6182081
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 11761035
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 9633842
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8922927
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 8871661
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 8638563
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 8637081
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 8592321
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8141208
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8112488
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8078866
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 7980178
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7584423
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9666942
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9301629
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9066246
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9038413
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 8790199
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8637761
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8172099
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8090667
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8052952
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7973043
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7311352
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7309397
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 13284565
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 13283402
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13152202
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12623429
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 12623429
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12224794
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9965950
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 9965923
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7739018
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6651424
49.9%
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%.