Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,844,451,811 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,844,451,540 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
3,844,451,540 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 3,844,451,811 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 46,133,421,732 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 46,133,418,477 KWD per year, or 3,844,451,540 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 7.1% 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 41520077471
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 38290741045
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 35984071581
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 29986725498
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 29986728358
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 28641166988
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 28141390526
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 27680060775
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 27218263455
41.0%
11
China
KWD 25373390673
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 24862616966
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 24450719417
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 5308648522
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 40831815278
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 33446730928
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 30967062815
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 30794061047
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 29986725606
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 29986724124
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 29825258895
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 28256723229
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 28019603399
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 27680060526
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 26317506615
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 33562064363
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 32293395368
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 31477986618
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 30517258782
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 29986724804
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 28372054455
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 28088334199
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 27956300662
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 27680053390
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 25373385004
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 45672084775
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 43826750645
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 43826750645
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 46133418477
7.1%
4
Oman
KWD 42442747993
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 46133417314
9.6%
6
Egypt
KWD 34600066384
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 26868566210
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 23066718380
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%.