Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
393,480 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 393,417 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
393,417 KWD
Net pay
76.15 KWD
Tax the employer pays
62.60 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
139 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 76.15 KWD to pay you 393,480 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 20,460,960 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 20,457,705 KWD per year, or 1,704,809 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 10916459
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 9515468
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 18109845
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 14834368
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 13737897
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 13659732
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 13301104
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 13299622
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 13229756
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 12534757
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 12487932
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 12435544
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 12284062
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 11676448
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 14885402
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 14322827
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 13960659
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 13917583
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 13535231
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 13300302
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 12583580
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 12458033
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 12399789
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 12276927
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 11256579
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 11254624
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 20456542
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 20457705
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 20253611
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 19437912
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 19437912
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 18824083
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 15345805
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 15345778
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 11916726
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 10237994
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%.