Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
290,561,436 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 290,561,165 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
290,561,165 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 290,561,436 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 3,486,737,232 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,486,733,977 KWD per year, or 290,561,165 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 9.3% 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 1858441712
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 1620307916
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 3138061421
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 2893992910
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2719657671
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2266380573
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 2266383433
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2164684770
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2126912981
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2092050075
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2057146067
41.0%
11
China
KWD 1917714198
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 1879109655
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 1847976632
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 1817599832
47.9%
15
India
KWD 401286490
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 3086045114
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2527884665
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2340475844
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 2327399143
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 2266380681
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2266379199
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2254177366
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 2135628973
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 2126833354
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2117713101
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 2092049826
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 1989065742
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2536601389
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2440716218
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2379087616
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2371678703
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2306476985
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2266379879
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2144343487
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2122900342
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2112921615
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2092042690
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1917708529
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 1917706573
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3486732814
0.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 3451867120
1.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3312400370
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 3312400370
5.0%
4
Oman
KWD 3207798253
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 3486733977
9.3%
6
Egypt
KWD 2615053009
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2030710690
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1743376130
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%.