Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,948,860,168 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,948,859,897 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
1,948,859,897 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 1,948,860,168 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 23,386,322,016 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 23,386,318,761 KWD per year, or 1,948,859,897 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 12464920402
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 10867724564
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 21047687727
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 19410648281
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 18241333802
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 15201110682
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 15201113542
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 14519009822
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 14265659699
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 14031800946
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 13797702093
41.0%
11
China
KWD 12862485829
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 12603560049
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 12394756568
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 12190992316
47.9%
15
India
KWD 2691135465
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 20698789514
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 16955083634
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 15698072131
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 15610371987
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 15201110790
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 15201109308
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 15119258929
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 14324124653
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 14203924915
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 14031800696
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 13341082375
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 17013549320
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 16370425567
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 15957071804
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 15907376273
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 15470052319
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 15201109989
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 14382588129
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 14238762537
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 14171831199
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 14031793560
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 12862480160
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 23152456056
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 23386318761
1.4%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 23386317598
1.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 22217005915
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 22217005915
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 21515416255
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 17539741597
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 13620427864
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 11693168522
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%.