Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,071,693 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 2,071,557 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
2,071,557 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 2,071,693 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 49,720,632 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 49,717,377 KWD per year, or 4,143,115 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 26511865
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 23112554
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 44007025
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 36047630
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 33378452
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 33190563
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 32319891
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 32318409
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 32146134
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 30456306
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 30335630
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 30206699
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 29839866
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 28368067
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 36171813
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 34804598
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 33925265
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 33820012
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 32890504
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 32319089
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 30578278
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 30272785
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 30130799
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 29832730
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 27349399
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 27347443
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 49716214
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 49717377
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 49220686
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 47234600
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 47234600
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 45742981
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 37290559
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 37290532
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 28957852
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 24867830
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%.