Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,324,665,087 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,324,664,816 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
3,324,664,816 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 3,324,665,087 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 39,895,981,044 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 39,895,977,789 KWD per year, or 3,324,664,816 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 34709503508
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 32515224551
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 32116264740
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 30719905080
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 23339148911
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 22961933257
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 22341750016
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 21771205430
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 21110168804
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 21073057830
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 20985290367
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 20666123601
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 20646177024
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 20435363786
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 20147473244
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 19951755095
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 19520540827
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 19339580985
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 19150075449
52.0%
19
France
KWD 16477053064
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 14913079487
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 14689704921
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 14362555920
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 21264568664
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 18539829153
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 35906380852
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 33113665274
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 31118867844
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 25932389051
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 25932391911
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 24768756052
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 24336551706
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 23937596362
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 23538235823
41.0%
11
China
KWD 21942798294
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 21501083348
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 21144875852
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 20797260975
47.9%
15
India
KWD 4590905045
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 35311175037
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 28924586429
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 26780180753
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 26630569388
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 25932389159
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 25932387676
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 25792753490
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 24436290808
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 24231231423
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 23937596113
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 22759265013
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 29024326263
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 27927186886
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 27222024900
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 26391191766
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 25932388357
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 24536028432
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 24290668437
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 24176486454
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 23937588977
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 21942792625
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 39497018494
1.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 39895976626
1.1%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 37901181992
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 37901181992
5.0%
4
Oman
KWD 36704302560
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 39895977789
8.2%
6
Egypt
KWD 29921985868
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 23235818379
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 19947998036
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%.