Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,349,028,964 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,349,028,693 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
3,349,028,693 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 3,349,028,964 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 40,188,347,568 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 40,188,344,313 KWD per year, or 3,349,028,693 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 8.1% 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 21420400021
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 18675693046
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 36169510724
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 33356329489
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 31346913733
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 26122427291
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 26122430151
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 24950266928
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 24514895286
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 24113016277
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 23710729149
41.0%
11
China
KWD 22103599883
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 21658647956
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 21299830110
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 20949667809
47.9%
15
India
KWD 4624547716
88.5%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 29237022909
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 28131843453
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 27421513889
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 26584592222
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 26122426597
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 24715833844
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 24468675795
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 24353657059
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 24113008892
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 22103594214
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 39786461353
1.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 40188343150
1.1%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 38178930190
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 38178930190
5.0%
4
Oman
KWD 36973279763
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 40188344313
8.1%
6
Egypt
KWD 30141260761
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 23406095566
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 20094181298
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%.