Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,742,001,986 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,742,001,715 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
1,742,001,715 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 1,742,001,986 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 20,904,023,832 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 20,904,020,577 KWD per year, or 1,742,001,715 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.6% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 18186500734
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 17036779423
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 16827739185
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 16096098026
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 12228853942
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 12031207243
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 11706253977
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 11407294379
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 11060954485
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 11041506030
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 10995520873
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 10828289766
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 10817839167
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 10707379431
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 10556534852
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 10453985809
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 10228049648
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 10133229726
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 10033935987
52.0%
19
France
KWD 8633374735
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 7813904873
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 7696866275
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 7525451323
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 11141855470
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 9714190669
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 18501754556
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 15155417450
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14031829475
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 13953437949
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 13587616971
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 13587615489
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 13514453153
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 12803717016
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 12696276290
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 12542421786
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 11925018142
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 15207677391
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 14632816838
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 14263337696
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 14218917049
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 13828012071
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 13587616169
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 12855974746
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 12727415288
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 12667588287
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 12542414650
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 11497216159
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 20694980854
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 20904020577
1.6%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 20904019414
2.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 19858822640
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 19858822640
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 19231701925
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 15678017959
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 12174712579
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 10452019430
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%.