Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
82,143,102 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 82,142,966 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
82,142,966 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 82,143,102 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 1,971,434,448 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,971,431,193 KWD per year, or 164,285,933 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 1050785329
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 916140651
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1744879411
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1429290147
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1323328851
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 1315934535
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 1281433871
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 1281432389
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1274534116
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 1207506018
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 1202534985
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1197378802
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 1182868155
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1124638539
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1434218614
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1380004269
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1345158644
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1340969750
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1304104193
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1281433069
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1212432275
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1200308242
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1194666311
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1182861020
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1084291998
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 1084290042
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1971430030
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 1971431193
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1951717364
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1872862726
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1872862726
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1813719692
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1478575921
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1148183196
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 985724738
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%.