Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,308,799,952 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 2,308,799,681 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
2,308,799,681 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 2,308,799,952 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 27,705,599,424 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 27,705,596,169 KWD per year, or 2,308,799,681 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.2% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 14767095261
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 12874910052
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 24935037394
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 22995648529
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 21610370180
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 18008640998
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 18008643858
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 17200561103
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 16900418918
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 16623367390
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 16346032571
41.0%
11
China
KWD 15238088403
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 14931341095
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 14683973594
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 14442574963
47.9%
15
India
KWD 3188155532
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 24521699882
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 20086559755
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 18597387091
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 18493489657
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 18008641106
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 18008639623
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 17911671773
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 16969682066
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 16827281242
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 16623367141
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 15805078962
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 20155823634
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 19393919752
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 18904222762
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 18327254325
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 18008640304
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 17038943735
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 16868554587
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 16789261477
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 16623360005
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 15238082734
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 27428540690
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 27705596169
1.2%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 27705595006
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 26320319453
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 26320319453
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 25489151470
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 20779199653
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 16136018219
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 13852807226
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%.