Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,475,999,980 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,475,999,709 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
1,475,999,709 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 1,475,999,980 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 17,711,999,760 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 17,711,996,505 KWD per year, or 1,475,999,709 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.8% 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 9440506640
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 8230844314
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 15940797696
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 14700960808
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 13815362442
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 11512801216
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 11512804076
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 10996201564
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 10804323123
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 10627207592
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 10449908706
41.0%
11
China
KWD 9741608588
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 9545506918
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 9387365772
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 9233042565
47.9%
15
India
KWD 2038190133
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 15676554698
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 12841199998
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 11889183316
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 11822761881
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 11512801324
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 11512799842
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 11450809590
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 10848602272
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 10757568550
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 10627207342
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 10104080130
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12885479879
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 12398399987
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 12085339871
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 12047702275
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 11716488147
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 11512800522
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 10892879942
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 10783951432
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 10733260004
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 10627200207
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 9741602919
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 17534877023
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 17711996505
1.8%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 17711995342
2.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16826399772
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 16826399772
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 16295039779
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 13283999905
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 10315645839
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 8856007394
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%.