Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,748,771,960 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,748,771,689 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
1,748,771,689 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 1,748,771,960 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 20,985,263,520 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 20,985,260,265 KWD per year, or 1,748,771,689 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.
Compare average tax
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 18886735080
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 17417769729
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 16368508175
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 13640422660
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 13640425520
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 13028352733
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 12801014016
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 12591165848
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 12381101591
41.0%
11
China
KWD 11541903656
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 11309561555
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 11122195565
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 10939352021
47.9%
15
India
KWD 2414845211
88.5%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 15266779264
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 14689684619
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 14318769566
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 14274176284
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 13881752124
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 13640421966
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 12905937154
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 12776878072
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 12716818563
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 12591158463
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 11541897987
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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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%.