Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
28,137,590 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 28,137,454 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
28,137,454 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 28,137,590 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 675,302,160 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 675,298,905 KWD per year, or 56,274,909 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 587512879
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 550371260
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 543618239
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 519982339
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 395051764
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 388667628
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 378169841
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 368480963
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 357330986
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 356695243
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 355213274
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 349811939
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 349475701
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 345904531
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 341030408
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 337717682
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 330427427
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 327356896
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 324149584
52.0%
19
France
KWD 278912685
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 252428940
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 248650955
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 243111521
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%.