Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,923,141,336 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 4,923,141,065 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
4,923,141,065 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 4,923,141,336 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 59,077,696,032 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 59,077,692,777 KWD per year, or 4,923,141,065 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 5.5% 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 53169924341
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 49034488714
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 46080605535
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 38400503793
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 38400506653
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 36677403623
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 36037397849
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 35446625355
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 34855255849
41.0%
11
China
KWD 32492741538
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 31838653356
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 31311184796
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 6798148608
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 52288546520
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 42831329795
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 39655906939
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 39434364142
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 38400503901
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 38193732230
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 36185091238
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 35881437838
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 33701762053
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 41354387378
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 40310188580
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 39079896231
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 38400503099
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 36332783149
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 35969455607
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 35800375556
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 35446617970
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 32492735869
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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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%.