Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,142,727,040 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,142,726,769 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
1,142,726,769 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 1,142,727,040 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 13,712,724,480 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 13,712,721,225 KWD per year, or 1,142,726,769 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.4% 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 7308892916
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 6372365095
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12341449944
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11381562326
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10695927724
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8913272284
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 8913275144
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8513318262
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8364765202
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8227642424
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 8090376283
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7542007184
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 7390184090
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7267749873
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7148272829
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1577992772
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12136872134
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 9941725420
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9204669785
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9153245631
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 8913272392
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 8913270910
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 8865278122
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 8399046163
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8328568716
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 8227642174
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7822633557
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9976007112
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9598907291
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9356534365
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9327395229
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9070967549
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8913271590
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8433325645
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8348992678
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8309747175
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8227635039
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7542001515
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7541999560
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 13575594495
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 13712721225
2.4%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 13712720062
3.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13027088256
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13027088256
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12615706522
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10284543445
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7986427923
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6856369754
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%.