Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,425,191,504 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 5,425,191,233 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
5,425,191,233 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 5,425,191,504 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 65,102,298,048 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 65,102,294,793 KWD per year, or 5,425,191,233 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 5.0% 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 56638999302
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 53058372909
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 52407349929
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 50128769173
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 38084844358
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 37469302977
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 36457287538
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 35526292619
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 34447587321
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 34387034471
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 34243813111
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 33722995809
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 33690446073
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 33346442657
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 32876663331
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 32557290206
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 31853628766
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 31558343152
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 31249107610
52.0%
19
France
KWD 26887261987
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 24335175576
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 23970670841
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 23436830041
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 34699535627
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 30253305490
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 58592066156
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 54034908387
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 50779795107
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 42316495103
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 42316497963
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 40417677222
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 39712405078
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 39061386565
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 38409710793
41.0%
11
China
KWD 35806272647
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 35085482180
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 34504223864
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 7491400698
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 57620807297
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 47199166257
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 43699921042
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 43455785988
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 42316495211
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 42088637434
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 39875159973
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 39540540118
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 37138586642
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 45571608789
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 44420925150
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 43065170465
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 42316494409
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 40037913389
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 39637534544
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 39451212082
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 39061379180
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 35806266978
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 64451272328
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 61847183146
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 61847183146
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 65102294793
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 65102293630
6.8%
5
Oman
KWD 59894114204
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 48826723621
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 37916229465
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 32551156538
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%.