Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,340,478,060 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,340,477,789 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
1,340,477,789 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 1,340,478,060 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 16,085,736,720 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 16,085,733,465 KWD per year, or 1,340,477,789 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 8573708439
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 7475113374
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 14477160960
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 13351162485
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 12546877271
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 10455730240
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 10455733100
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 9986563301
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 9812302668
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 9651449768
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 9490429775
41.0%
11
China
KWD 8847163916
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 8669067661
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 8525446361
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 8385292978
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1851055738
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 14237180180
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 11662159294
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 10797554251
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 10737231302
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 10455730348
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 10455728866
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 10399430535
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 9852516160
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 9769841430
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 9651449518
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 9176353984
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 11702373517
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 11260015859
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 10975699942
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 10941518155
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 10640715146
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 10455729546
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 9892728172
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 9793801180
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 9747764116
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 9651442383
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 8847158247
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 15924876613
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 16085733465
2.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 16085732302
2.8%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 15281449884
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 15281449884
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 14798877782
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 12064302625
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 9368493982
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 8042875874
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%.