Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
149,479,807 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 149,479,536 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
149,479,536 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 149,479,807 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 1,793,757,684 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,793,754,429 KWD per year, or 149,479,536 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 1560569185
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 1461912512
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 1443974936
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 1381193092
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 1049348245
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 1032389113
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 1004504934
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 978822142
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 949139358
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 947463451
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 943520879
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 929171901
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 928276435
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 918795346
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 905850448
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 897050899
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 877671609
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 869528211
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 861008236
52.0%
19
France
KWD 740834816
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 670506497
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 660466279
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 645755510
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 956083613
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 833573549
53.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1304958768
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1255630534
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1223925346
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1220114015
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1186571014
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1165943173
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1103161065
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1092129744
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1086996324
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1076254961
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 986569777
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 986567822
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1793753266
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 1793754429
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1775817367
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1704069800
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1704069800
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1650257069
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1345318348
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1044702472
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 896886356
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%.