Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,446,923 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,446,652 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
1,446,652 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 1,446,923 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 17,363,076 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 17,359,821 KWD per year, or 1,446,652 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% 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 9265287
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 8075869
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 15624681
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 14412361
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 13545829
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 11738580
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 11290231
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 11287371
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 11286503
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 10781736
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 10594745
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 10425582
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 10250008
41.0%
11
China
KWD 9558412
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 9365566
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 9208329
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 9060599
47.8%
15
India
KWD 2064951
88.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 15367967
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 12588402
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 11658442
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 11591894
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 11287479
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 11285997
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 11226974
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 10637303
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 10598297
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 10554014
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 10425332
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 9909214
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12631691
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 12154309
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 11846895
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 11810402
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 11485981
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 11286678
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 10678381
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 10571887
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 10522509
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 10418196
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 9552743
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 9550787
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 17359821
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 17358658
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 17186705
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16494922
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 16494922
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 15974030
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 13022392
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 13022365
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 10112488
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 8689052
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%.