Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,652,948,101 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 5,652,947,830 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
5,652,947,830 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 5,652,948,101 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 67,835,377,212 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 67,835,373,957 KWD per year, or 5,652,947,830 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 59016778174
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 55285832428
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 54607478656
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 52233240129
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 39683695669
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 39042313024
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 37987811870
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 37017733919
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 35893741499
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 35830646886
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 35681412751
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 35138730816
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 35104814541
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 34746369534
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 34256868309
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 33924087480
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 33190885045
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 32883203277
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 32560985609
52.0%
19
France
KWD 28016023681
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 25356797835
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 24976990590
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 24420738540
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 36156266822
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 31523378310
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 61051837403
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 56303364093
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 52911596855
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 44092996560
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 44092999420
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 42114463801
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 41379583368
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 40701234063
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 40022200168
41.0%
11
China
KWD 37309466187
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 36558416025
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 35952755821
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 7805896633
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 60039803736
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 49180648651
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 45534500431
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 45280116330
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 44092996668
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 43855573113
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 41549170961
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 41200503079
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 38697712648
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 47484764204
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 46285773391
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 44873102332
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 44092995866
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 41718757075
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 41301569793
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 41107425259
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 40701226678
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 37309460518
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 67157020700
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 67835373957
4.8%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 64443608351
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 64443608351
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 67835372794
6.5%
5
Oman
KWD 62408547035
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 50876532994
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 39508002101
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 33917696120
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%.