Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,397,461,488 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,397,461,217 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
1,397,461,217 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 1,397,461,488 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 16,769,537,856 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 16,769,534,601 KWD per year, or 1,397,461,217 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.9% 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 8938174445
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 7792878498
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 15092581983
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 13918717428
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 13080242157
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 10900200978
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 10900203838
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 10411089822
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 10229421361
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 10061730450
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 9893865607
41.0%
11
China
KWD 9223254541
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 9037587479
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 8887860963
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 8741749539
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1929740864
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 14842399573
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 12157915118
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 11256555763
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 11193668560
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 10900201086
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 10900199604
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 10841507969
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 10271344355
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 10185154888
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 10061730200
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 9566438600
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12199838843
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 11738676655
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 11442274552
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 11406639688
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 11093049598
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 10900200285
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 10313265871
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 10210133502
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 10162139399
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 10061723064
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 9223248872
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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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%.