Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
80,556 KWD
Pension
- 10.15 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.73 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.63 KWD
Total tax
- 12.52 KWD
Net pay
* 80,543 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
80,543 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 80,556 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 20,944,560 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 20,941,305 KWD per year, or 1,745,109 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 11174218
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 9740199
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 18537870
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 15184978
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14062513
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 13982535
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 13615444
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 13613962
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 13542404
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 12830962
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 12782916
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 12729264
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 12574222
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 11952325
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 15237221
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 14661347
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 14290631
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 14246528
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 13855132
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 13614642
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 12880994
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 12752473
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 12692845
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 12567087
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 11522559
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 11520604
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 20940142
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 20941305
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 20732375
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 19897332
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 19897332
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 19268995
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 15708505
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 15708478
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 12198380
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 10479794
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%.