Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,940,590,668 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,940,590,397 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
1,940,590,397 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 1,940,590,668 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 23,287,088,016 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 23,287,084,761 KWD per year, or 1,940,590,397 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.4% 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 20259766574
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 18978976733
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 18746105853
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 17931057448
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 13622946489
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 13402767919
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 13040769920
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 12707732504
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 12321905236
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 12300240532
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 12249012634
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 12062717013
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 12051074882
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 11928023035
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 11759982265
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 11645742591
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 11394048637
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 11288420089
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 11177806795
52.0%
19
France
KWD 9617580243
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 8704691882
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 8574310508
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 8383354429
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 12412028680
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 10821610127
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 20958377127
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 19328284061
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 18163931282
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 15136608582
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 15136611442
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 14457402049
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 14205126959
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 13972260546
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 13739155026
41.0%
11
China
KWD 12807907129
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 12550080033
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 12342162548
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 12139262933
47.9%
15
India
KWD 2679716590
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 20610959387
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 16883138984
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 15631461308
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 15544133292
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 15136608690
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 15136607208
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 15055104148
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 14263343828
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 14143654153
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 13972260296
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 13284472852
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 16941356585
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 16300961767
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 15889361965
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 15839877307
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 15404409028
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 15136607889
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 14321559219
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 14178343916
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 14111696586
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 13972253160
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 12807901460
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 23054214396
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 23287084761
1.4%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 23287083598
1.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 22122733615
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 22122733615
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 21424120975
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 17465316097
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 13562632990
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 11643551522
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%.