Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,182,030,720 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,182,030,449 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
1,182,030,449 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 1,182,030,720 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 14,184,368,640 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,184,365,385 KWD per year, or 1,182,030,449 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 7560279253
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 6591540022
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12765929688
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11773026979
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 11063810169
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 9219840988
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 9219843848
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8806130666
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8652468139
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8510628920
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 8368641621
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7801411472
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 7644366499
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7517721278
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7394134742
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1632264954
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12554315419
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10283667436
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9521260927
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9468068108
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 9219841096
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9219839614
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9170196071
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 8687928211
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8615026513
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 8510628670
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8091690043
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10319128239
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9929058203
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9678348967
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9648207587
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9382960161
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9219840294
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8723386803
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8636153224
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8595557876
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8510621535
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7801405803
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7801403848
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 14042522214
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 14184365385
2.3%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14184364222
3.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13475150208
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13475150208
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 13049619149
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10638276565
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8261118198
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7092191834
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%.