Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,425,191,528 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 5,425,191,257 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
5,425,191,257 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 5,425,191,528 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 65,102,298,336 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 65,102,295,081 KWD per year, or 5,425,191,257 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 34699535781
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 30253305624
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 58592066415
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 54034908626
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 50779795332
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 42316495290
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 42316498150
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 40417677401
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 39712405254
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 39061386738
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 38409710962
41.0%
11
China
KWD 35806272805
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 35085482335
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 34504224017
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 7491400732
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 57620807552
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 47199166466
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 43699921235
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 43455786180
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 42316495398
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 42088637620
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 39875160149
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 39540540293
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 37138586807
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 45571608991
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 44420925347
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 43065170655
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 42316494597
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 40037913566
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 39637534720
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 39451212257
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 39061379352
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 35806267136
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 64451272613
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 61847183419
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 61847183419
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 65102295081
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 65102293918
6.8%
5
Oman
KWD 59894114469
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 48826723837
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 37916229633
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 32551156682
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%.