Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
43,872 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 43,870 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
43,870 KWD
Net pay
1.90 KWD
Tax the employer pays
1.56 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3.47 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1.90 KWD to pay you 43,872 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 91,253,760 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 91,250,505 KWD per year, or 7,604,209 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 48649022
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 42413165
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 80767207
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 66159148
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 61257564
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 60913926
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 59316424
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 59314942
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 58997301
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 55895347
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 55669842
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 55432259
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 54759742
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 52061263
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 66387164
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 63877787
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 62264356
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 62070846
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 60364668
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 59315622
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 56121152
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 55560230
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 55299376
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 54752607
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 50192619
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 50190664
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 91249342
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 91250505
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 90338483
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 86691072
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 86691072
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 83953459
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 68440405
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 68440378
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 53147161
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 45634394
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%.