Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,214,303,904 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,214,303,633 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
1,214,303,633 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 1,214,303,904 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 14,571,646,848 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,571,643,593 KWD per year, or 1,214,303,633 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.2% 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 12677332758
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 11875892181
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 11730175713
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 11220167749
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 8524413406
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 8386639332
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 8160122866
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 7951716259
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 7710303851
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 7696744507
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 7664690579
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 7548118488
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 7540834077
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 7463834622
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 7358684475
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 7287200260
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 7129708776
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 7063609983
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 6994395034
52.0%
19
France
KWD 6018103041
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 5446868689
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 5365285070
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 5245795609
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 7766698538
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 6771509755
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 13114480076
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 12094467891
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 11365887171
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 9471571823
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 9471574683
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 9046565877
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8888707846
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8742995845
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 8597131891
41.0%
11
China
KWD 8014414487
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 7853081705
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7722978728
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7596017791
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1676829131
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12897088002
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10564444137
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9781221424
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9726576312
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 9471571931
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9471570449
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9420571433
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 8925136113
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8850243805
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 8742995595
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8312618706
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10600873135
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 10200152949
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9942598570
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9911634224
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9639144696
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9471571129
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8961562901
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8871947561
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8830243823
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8742988460
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 8014408818
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 8014406862
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 14425927640
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 14571643593
2.2%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14571642430
3.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13843064506
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13843064506
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 13405915100
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10928735221
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8486672900
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7285830938
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%.