Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,848,730 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 1,848,594 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
1,848,594 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 1,848,730 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 44,369,520 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 44,366,265 KWD per year, or 3,697,189 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.
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 39270857
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 32168074
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 29786518
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 29618696
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 28841668
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 28840186
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 28686640
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 27178750
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 27071580
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 26956647
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 26629198
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 25315445
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 32278879
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 31058819
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 30274067
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 30180186
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 29350743
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 28840866
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 27287344
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 27014760
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 26888090
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 26622063
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 24406287
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 24404332
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 44365102
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 44366265
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 43923085
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 42151044
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 42151044
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 40819958
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 33277225
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 33277198
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 25841311
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 22192274
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%.