Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,293,521,920 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,293,521,649 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
3,293,521,649 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 3,293,521,920 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 39,522,263,040 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 39,522,259,785 KWD per year, or 3,293,521,649 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 8.2% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 21065376968
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 18366160901
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 35570034648
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 32803479331
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 30827367801
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 25689472348
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 25689475208
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 24536739467
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 24108583723
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 23713365560
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 23317745938
41.0%
11
China
KWD 21737253392
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 21299676120
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 20946805310
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 20602446683
47.9%
15
India
KWD 4547901244
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 34980404332
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 28653640876
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 26529322543
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 26381112620
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 25689472456
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 25689470974
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 25551144801
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 24207388531
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 24004250056
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 23713365310
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 22546071972
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 28752446415
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 27665584283
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 26967027763
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 26143977307
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 25689471654
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 24306191859
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 24063130230
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 23950017828
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 23713358175
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 21737247723
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 39127037670
1.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 39522258622
1.1%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 37546149888
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 37546149888
5.0%
4
Oman
KWD 36360481997
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 39522259785
8.2%
6
Egypt
KWD 29641697365
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 23018161276
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 19761139034
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%.