Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,134,768 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,134,497 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
1,134,497 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 1,134,768 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.01 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 13,617,216 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 13,613,961 KWD per year, or 1,134,497 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 11846978
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 11098031
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 10961859
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 10484932
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 7966071
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 7838167
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 7626272
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 7399489
45.7%
8
Switzerland
KWD 7213632
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 7193256
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 7166993
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 7059139
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 7053743
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 6978916
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 6879511
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 6812822
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 6674512
51.0%
17
Germany
KWD 6605119
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 6540811
52.0%
19
France
KWD 5636803
58.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 5091770
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 5018559
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 4904941
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 7268744
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6335152
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12253407
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11303297
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10624058
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 9206379
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8855422
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8852562
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8851694
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8456181
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8309771
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8178066
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 8039988
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7498189
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 7346816
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7223024
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7107932
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1633914
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12052577
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 9872654
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9144034
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9091533
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 8852670
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 8851188
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 8805276
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8342963
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8313412
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8278928
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 8177816
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7772332
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9906578
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9532207
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9291001
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9262468
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9008094
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8851869
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8374677
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8291220
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8252562
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8170680
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7492520
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7490564
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 13613961
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 13612798
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13478304
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12936355
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 12936355
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12527839
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10212997
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 10212970
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7930862
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6816122
49.9%
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%.