Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,390,606,272 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 4,390,606,001 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
4,390,606,001 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 4,390,606,272 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 52,687,275,264 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 52,687,272,009 KWD per year, or 4,390,606,001 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 6.2% 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 45837929480
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 42940129340
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 42413256588
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 40569201629
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 30822056029
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 30323898688
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 29504874779
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 28751414686
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 27878426315
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 27829419437
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 27713511126
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 27292014007
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 27265671783
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 26987269347
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 26607076825
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 26348608248
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 25779136895
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 25540160858
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 25289896674
52.0%
19
France
KWD 21759857577
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 19694452475
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 19399459452
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 18967421839
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 28082328483
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 24483994742
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 47418545650
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 43730439477
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 41096077335
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 34246730294
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 34246733154
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 32710017557
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 32139241180
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 31612372894
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 31084971500
41.0%
11
China
KWD 28978010115
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 28394674436
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 27924261789
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 6062801684
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 46632506516
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 38198274739
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 35366336998
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 35168758280
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 34246730402
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 34062325204
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 32270958518
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 32000151880
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 30056250670
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 36881092840
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 35949844729
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 34852632893
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 34246729600
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 32402674377
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 32078647922
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 31927857256
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 31612365509
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 28978004446
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 52160399772
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 50052911501
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 50052911501
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 52687272009
6.2%
4
Oman
KWD 48472293243
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 52687270846
8.4%
6
Egypt
KWD 39515456533
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 30685596045
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 26343645146
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%.