Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
404,208,440 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 404,208,169 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
404,208,169 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 404,208,440 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 4,850,501,280 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,850,498,025 KWD per year, or 404,208,169 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 6.7% 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 2585327950
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 2254054525
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 4365449064
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 4025917070
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 3783393628
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 3152827204
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 3152830064
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 3011354916
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2958809050
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2910308504
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2861753217
41.0%
11
China
KWD 2667784424
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 2614080764
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 2570771577
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 2528512139
47.9%
15
India
KWD 558215076
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 4293086762
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 3516613600
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3255902462
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 3237711645
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 3152827312
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3152825830
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3135850823
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 2970934453
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 2958696727
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2946008833
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 2910308254
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2767045399
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3528739734
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3395351051
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3309617920
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3299311009
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 3208606903
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 3152826510
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2983058377
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2953228082
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2939346263
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2910301119
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2667778755
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 2667776800
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 4801993527
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4607976216
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 4607976216
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 4850498025
6.7%
4
Oman
KWD 4462461178
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 4850496862
9.1%
6
Egypt
KWD 3637876045
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2824980509
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2425258154
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%.