Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,188,416,450 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,188,416,179 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
1,188,416,179 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 1,188,416,450 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 14,260,997,400 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,260,994,145 KWD per year, or 1,188,416,179 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 7601122382
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 6627149714
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12834895572
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11836628849
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 11123580602
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 9269649682
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 9269652542
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8853704353
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8699211683
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8556606176
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 8413851823
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7843557290
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 7685663910
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7558334521
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7434080309
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1641082640
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12622138078
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10339223287
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9572697982
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9519217806
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 9269649790
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9269648308
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9219736565
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 8734863326
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8661567757
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 8556605926
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8135404068
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10374875662
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9982698335
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9730634685
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9700330470
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9433650086
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9269648988
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8770513491
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8682808645
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8641993985
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8556598791
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7843551621
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7843549666
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 14118384686
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 14260994145
2.3%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14260992982
3.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13547947530
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13547947530
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 13120117608
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10695748135
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8305747554
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7130506214
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%.