Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,176,562,400 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,176,562,129 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
1,176,562,129 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 1,176,562,400 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 14,118,748,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,118,745,545 KWD per year, or 1,176,562,129 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.3% 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 7525303878
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 6561046220
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12706871832
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11718562511
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 11012626694
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 9177188092
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 9177190952
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8765391684
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8612440037
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8471257016
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 8329926572
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7765320560
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 7609002107
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7482942763
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7359927980
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1624714067
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12496236545
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10236093052
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9477213609
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9424266865
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 9177188200
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9177186718
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9127772845
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 8647736059
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8575171647
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 8471256766
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8054256221
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10271389805
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9883124315
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9633574909
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9603572972
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9339552637
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9177187398
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8683030602
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8596200585
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8555793041
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8471249631
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7765314891
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7765312936
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 13977558572
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 14118745545
2.3%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14118744382
3.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13412811360
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13412811360
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12989248896
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10589061685
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8222900547
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7059381914
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%.