Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,037,157,880 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,037,157,609 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
3,037,157,609 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 3,037,157,880 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 36,445,894,560 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 36,445,891,305 KWD per year, or 3,037,157,609 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 8.9% 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 19425672568
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 16936560163
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 32801303016
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 30250093492
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 28427800386
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 23689832836
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 23689835696
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 22626827447
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 22231998951
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 21867544472
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 21502719299
41.0%
11
China
KWD 20045250728
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 19641733932
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 19316330016
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 18998776153
47.9%
15
India
KWD 4193902942
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 32257569041
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 26423273728
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 24464310201
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 24327636660
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 23689832944
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 23689831462
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 23562272579
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 22323112837
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 22135786896
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 21867544222
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 20791111427
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 26514388346
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 25512126347
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 24867944640
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 24108959557
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 23689832142
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 22414225244
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 22190083281
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 22085775446
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 21867537087
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 20045245059
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 36081432875
1.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 36445890142
1.2%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 34623599832
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 34623599832
5.0%
4
Oman
KWD 33530222995
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 36445891305
8.9%
6
Egypt
KWD 27334421005
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 21226453509
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 18222954794
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%.