Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
67,222,482 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 67,222,346 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
67,222,346 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 67,222,482 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 1,613,339,568 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,613,336,313 KWD per year, or 134,444,693 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 859920757
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 749732528
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1427936436
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1169671359
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1082957662
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 1076906203
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 1048672199
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 1048670717
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1043025776
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 988172904
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 984105693
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 979886296
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 968011227
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 920357943
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1173704589
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1129337853
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1100821555
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1097393612
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1067224430
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1048671397
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 992203924
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 982282174
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 977665111
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 968004092
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 887339814
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 887337858
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1613335150
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 1613336313
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1597203433
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1532672590
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1532672590
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1484272403
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1210004761
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 939625157
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 806677298
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%.