Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,420,844 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 40,420,573 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
40,420,573 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 40,420,844 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 485,050,128 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 485,046,873 KWD per year, or 40,420,573 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 258542486
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 225411912
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 436543028
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 402592614
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 378341729
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 327895024
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 315283091
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 315283955
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 315286815
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 301137435
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 295883847
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 291037813
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 286180692
41.0%
11
China
KWD 266786291
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 261415377
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 257082467
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 252859724
47.9%
15
India
KWD 55881788
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 429308891
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 351661515
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 325593376
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 323773002
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 315284063
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 315282581
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 313586653
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 297095622
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 295876186
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 294608422
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 291037563
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 276708308
43.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 485045710
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 485046873
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 480196887
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 460797622
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 460797622
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 446246118
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 363787681
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 282498104
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 242532578
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%.