Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
120,800,160 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
* 120,796,905 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
120,796,905 KWD
Net pay
3,960 KWD
Tax the employer pays
3,255 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7,215 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3,960 KWD to pay you 120,800,160 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 120,800,160 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 120,796,905 KWD per year, or 10,066,409 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 64397253
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 56143495
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 106918165
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 87580288
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 81090585
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 80636148
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 78521584
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 78520102
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 78099049
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 73992517
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 73692438
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 73377561
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 72487582
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 68916450
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 87882170
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 84560267
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 82424604
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 82168307
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 79909612
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 78520782
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 74292188
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 73549555
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 73204140
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 72480447
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 66443139
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 66441184
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 120795742
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 120796905
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 119589419
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 114760152
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 114760152
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 111136147
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 90600205
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 90600178
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 70355280
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 60407594
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%.