Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,040,523,900 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,040,523,629 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
1,040,523,629 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 1,040,523,900 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 12,486,286,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,486,283,545 KWD per year, or 1,040,523,629 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.6% 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 6655201632
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 5802434599
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 11237656032
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 10363619051
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 9739306334
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8116087792
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 8116090652
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 7751904900
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 7616638217
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 7491779816
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 7366790316
41.0%
11
China
KWD 6867466460
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 6729222055
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 6617737903
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 6508946956
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1436866357
88.5%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9083773700
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 8740400915
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 8519705275
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 8493172319
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 8259679024
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8116087098
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 7679066472
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 7602276096
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 7566540658
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7491772431
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 6867460791
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 6867458836
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 12361421192
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 12486283545
2.6%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 12486282382
3.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 11861972460
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 11861972460
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 11487383856
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9364715185
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7272138354
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6243150914
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%.