Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,449,933 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,449,662 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
1,449,662 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 1,449,933 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 17,399,196 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 17,395,941 KWD per year, or 1,449,662 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 9284539
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 8092654
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 15657189
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 14442340
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 13574002
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 11762997
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 11313709
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 11310849
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 11309981
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 10804160
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 10616779
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 10447254
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 10271319
41.0%
11
China
KWD 9578278
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 9385032
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 9227473
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 9079428
47.8%
15
India
KWD 2069107
88.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 15399936
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 12614589
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 11682688
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 11616004
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 11310957
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 11309475
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 11250326
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 10659426
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 10620329
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 10575951
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 10447004
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 9929819
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12657968
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 12179593
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 11871541
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 11834971
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 11509874
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 11310156
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 10700595
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 10593878
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 10544397
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 10439868
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 9572609
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 9570653
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 17395941
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 17394778
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 17222464
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16529236
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 16529236
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 16007260
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 13049482
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 13049455
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 10133525
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 8707112
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%.