Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,455,552 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,455,281 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
1,455,281 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 1,455,552 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 17,466,624 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 17,463,369 KWD per year, or 1,455,281 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 9320478
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 8123988
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 15717874
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 14498305
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 13626596
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 11808578
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 11357538
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 11354678
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 11353809
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 10846022
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 10657910
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 10487710
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 10311101
41.0%
11
China
KWD 9615363
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 9421371
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 9263210
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 9114577
47.8%
15
India
KWD 2076866
88.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 15459615
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 12663475
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 11727949
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 11661013
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 11354786
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 11353303
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 11293918
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 10700726
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 10661458
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 10616905
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 10487461
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 9968284
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12707022
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 12226792
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 11917549
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 11880836
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 11554478
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 11353984
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 10742063
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 10634932
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 10585258
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 10480325
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 9609694
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 9607739
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 17463369
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 17462206
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 17289218
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16593293
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 16593293
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 16069294
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 13100053
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 13100026
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 10172795
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 8740826
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%.