Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,329,863,616 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,329,863,345 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
1,329,863,345 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 1,329,863,616 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 15,958,363,392 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,958,360,137 KWD per year, or 1,329,863,345 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.0% 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 8505818456
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 7415922479
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 14362524965
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 13245442623
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 12447526075
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 10372937577
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 10372940437
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 9907485697
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 9734604938
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 9575025771
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 9415280785
41.0%
11
China
KWD 8777108586
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 8600422564
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 8457938497
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 8318894933
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1836398865
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 14124444468
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 11569813631
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 10712054904
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 10652209605
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 10372937685
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 10372936203
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 10317083678
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 9774499996
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 9692479966
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 9575025522
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 9103691959
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 11609709421
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 11170854530
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 10888789936
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 10854878817
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 10556457690
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 10372936883
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 9814393576
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 9716249929
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 9670577408
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 9575018386
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 8777102917
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 15798777018
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 15958360137
2.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 15958358974
2.8%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 15160445222
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 15160445222
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 14681694321
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 11968772629
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 9294310482
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7979189210
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%.