Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,261,599,987 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,261,599,716 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
3,261,599,716 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 3,261,599,987 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 39,139,199,844 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 39,139,196,589 KWD per year, or 3,261,599,716 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 8.3% 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 34051103864
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 31898447873
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 31507055874
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 30137183556
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 22896431909
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 22526371621
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 21917952544
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 21358229929
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 20709733168
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 20673326000
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 20587223455
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 20274110940
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 20254542753
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 20047728347
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 19765298738
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 19573293141
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 19150258684
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 18972731298
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 18786820473
52.0%
19
France
KWD 16164502428
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 14630195431
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 14411058083
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 14090114688
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 20861204285
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 18188149902
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 35225277772
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 32485536878
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 30528578508
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 25440481271
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 25440484131
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 24298921076
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 23874915174
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 23483527642
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 23091742483
41.0%
11
China
KWD 21526568634
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 21093232504
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 20743781816
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 20402760864
47.9%
15
India
KWD 4503822089
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 34641362375
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 28375920059
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 26272191373
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 26125417937
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 25440481379
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 25440479896
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 25303494445
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 23972762323
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 23771592793
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 23483527393
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 22327547826
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 28473767940
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 27397440046
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 26705654168
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 25890581003
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 25440480577
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 24070607994
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 23829902203
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 23717886128
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 23483520257
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 21526562965
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 38747805106
1.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 39139195426
1.1%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 37182239852
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 37182239852
5.0%
4
Oman
KWD 36008063856
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 39139196589
8.3%
6
Egypt
KWD 29354399968
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 22795061440
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 19569607436
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%.