Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
118,559,947 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 118,559,811 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
118,559,811 KWD
Net pay
165 KWD
Tax the employer pays
136 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
301 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 165 KWD to pay you 118,559,947 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 2,845,438,728 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 2,845,435,473 KWD per year, or 237,119,623 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 2475531693
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 2319032563
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 2290578176
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 2190987496
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 1664581656
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 1637678879
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 1593446319
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 1552724488
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 1505615349
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 1502961378
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 1496705108
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 1473942682
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 1472521375
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 1457483204
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 1436949375
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 1422990580
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 1392244000
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 1379330597
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 1365815137
52.0%
19
France
KWD 1175179087
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 1063623819
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 1047695240
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 1024360686
64.0%
23
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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%.