Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,884,400 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 3,884,129 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
3,884,129 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 3,884,400 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 46,612,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 46,609,545 KWD per year, or 3,884,129 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% 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 24855390
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 21668332
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 41949432
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 38689631
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 36360614
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 31511393
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 30302552
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 30298824
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 30299692
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 28940939
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 28437077
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 27975416
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 27507053
41.0%
11
China
KWD 25645760
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 25129071
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 24710683
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 24308097
47.9%
15
India
KWD 5430722
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 41256342
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 33794452
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 31292319
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 31116085
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 30299800
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 30298318
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 30136921
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 28552759
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 28439927
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 28319126
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 27975166
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 26595157
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 33910865
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 32629115
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 31804713
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 31706065
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 30834673
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 30298998
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 28666962
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 28380581
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 28247490
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 27968031
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 25640091
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 25638136
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 46608382
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 46609545
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 46143932
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 44282160
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 44282160
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 42883776
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 34959685
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 34959658
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 27147820
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 23313914
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%.