Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
394,683,900 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 394,683,629 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
394,683,629 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 394,683,900 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 4,736,206,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,736,203,545 KWD per year, or 394,683,629 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 6.9% 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 2524408992
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 2200941423
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 4262584032
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3931052651
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 3694243934
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 3078535792
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 3078538652
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2940397095
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2889089417
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2841731816
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2794320617
41.0%
11
China
KWD 2604922460
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 2552484228
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 2510195503
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 2468931926
47.9%
15
India
KWD 545063189
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 4191926889
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 3433750102
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3179182292
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 3161420080
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 3078535900
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3078534418
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3061959442
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 2900929084
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 2888979835
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2876590938
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 2841731566
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2701844399
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3445590500
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3315344915
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3231631939
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3221567903
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 3133001104
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 3078535098
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2912767272
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2883639888
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2870085179
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2841724431
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2604916791
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 2604914836
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 4688841992
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4499396460
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 4499396460
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 4736203545
6.9%
4
Oman
KWD 4357310256
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 4736202382
9.3%
6
Egypt
KWD 3552155185
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2758414261
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2368110914
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%.