Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,617,304,160 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 5,617,303,889 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
5,617,303,889 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 5,617,304,160 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 67,407,649,920 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 67,407,646,665 KWD per year, or 5,617,303,889 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.8% 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 35928288175
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 31324611726
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 60666882840
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 55948350441
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 52577969567
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 43814973820
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 43814976680
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 41848916452
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 41118669720
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 40444597688
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 39769845343
41.0%
11
China
KWD 37074216176
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 36327901661
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 35726060357
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 7756677973
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 59661230437
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 48870546364
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 45247388486
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 44994608363
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 43814973928
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 43579047419
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 41287187995
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 40940718631
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 38453709198
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 47185355099
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 45993924366
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 44590160728
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 43814973126
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 41455704790
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 41041148032
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 40848227653
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 40444590303
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 37074210507
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 66733570681
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 67407646665
4.8%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 64037267424
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 64037267424
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 67407645502
6.6%
5
Oman
KWD 62015037926
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 50555737525
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 39258889449
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 33703832474
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%.