Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
306,900,312 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 306,900,041 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
306,900,041 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 306,900,312 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 3,682,803,744 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,682,800,489 KWD per year, or 306,900,041 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 8.8% 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 1962945163
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 1711420809
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 3314521282
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3056728115
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2872589550
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2393823806
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 2393826666
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2286409391
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2246513553
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2209689982
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2172823348
41.0%
11
China
KWD 2025550779
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 1984775457
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 1951891883
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 1919806732
47.9%
15
India
KWD 423847900
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 3259579859
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2670032887
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2472085491
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 2458273540
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 2393823914
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2393822431
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2380934366
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 2255719712
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 2246429226
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2236796058
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 2209689733
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2100914824
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2679239777
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2577962776
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2512868699
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2505043145
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2436174983
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2393823112
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2264924392
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2242275437
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2231735568
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2209682597
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2025545110
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 2025543155
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3682799326
0.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 3645972967
1.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3498663557
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 3498663557
5.0%
4
Oman
KWD 3388179444
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 3682800489
8.8%
6
Egypt
KWD 2762102893
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2144901787
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1841409386
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%.