Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,853,632,560 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,853,632,289 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
1,853,632,289 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 1,853,632,560 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 22,243,590,720 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 22,243,587,465 KWD per year, or 1,853,632,289 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.5% 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 11855844621
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 10336692760
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 20019229560
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 18462181305
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 17350003391
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 14458335340
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 14458338200
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 13809564171
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 13568593608
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 13346162168
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 13123502056
41.0%
11
China
KWD 12233983616
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 11987709757
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 11789108981
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 11595301483
47.9%
15
India
KWD 2559641160
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 19687379756
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 16126603444
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14931013748
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 14847598847
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 14458335448
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 14458333966
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 14380483146
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 13624201735
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 13509875635
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 13346161918
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 12689194167
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 16182212302
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 15570513659
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 15177357673
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 15130090446
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 14714135567
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 14458334646
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 13679808382
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 13543010588
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 13479349746
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 13346154783
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 12233977947
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 22021152073
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 22243587465
1.5%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 22243586302
2.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 21131411184
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 21131411184
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 20464103462
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 16682693125
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 12954889730
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 11121802874
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%.