Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
394,771,976 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 394,771,705 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
394,771,705 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 394,771,976 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 4,737,263,712 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,737,260,457 KWD per year, or 394,771,705 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 4121419429
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 3860869925
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 3813497288
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 3647692734
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 2771299272
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 2726509290
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 2652868310
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 2585093382
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 2506636702
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 2502223335
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 2491805050
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 2453908023
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 2451540804
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 2426506230
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 2392320992
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 2369081445
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 2317886722
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 2296392758
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 2273891129
52.0%
19
France
KWD 1956502806
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 1770786107
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 1744265199
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 1705417680
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 2524972326
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 2201432574
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 4263535253
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3931929888
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 3695068325
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 3079222785
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 3079225645
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2941053262
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2889734133
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2842365963
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2794944185
41.0%
11
China
KWD 2605503762
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 2553053828
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 2510755666
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 2469482880
47.9%
15
India
KWD 545184808
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 4192862342
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 3434516363
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3179891744
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 3162125569
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 3079222893
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3079221411
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3062642735
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 2901576442
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 2889624526
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2877232864
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 2842365714
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2702447330
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3446359404
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3316084754
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3232353097
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3222286815
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 3133700251
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 3079222091
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2913417272
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2884283389
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2870725655
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2842358578
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2605498093
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 2605496137
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 4689888335
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4500400526
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 4500400526
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 4737260457
6.9%
4
Oman
KWD 4358282615
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 4737259294
9.3%
6
Egypt
KWD 3552947869
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2759029817
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2368639370
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%.