Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,781,342,576 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 5,781,342,305 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
5,781,342,305 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 5,781,342,576 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 69,376,110,912 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 69,376,107,657 KWD per year, or 5,781,342,305 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.7% 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 60357216493
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 56541530393
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 55847769284
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 53419605078
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 40585024884
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 39929074602
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 38850622742
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 37858512299
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 36708989921
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 36644462426
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 36491838677
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 35936830873
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 35902144230
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 35535557987
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 35034938828
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 34694599600
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 33944743858
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 33630073938
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 33300537785
52.0%
19
France
KWD 28652346699
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 25932722551
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 25544288738
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 24975402672
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 36977477884
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 32239363423
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 0
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 57582173064
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 54113369141
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 45094473465
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 45094476325
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 43071002601
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 42319430925
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 41625674283
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 40931217644
41.0%
11
China
KWD 38156869722
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 37388761095
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 36769344682
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 7983189151
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 61403477860
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 50297680583
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 46568717927
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 46308556075
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 45094473573
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 44851657450
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 42492870352
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 42136283099
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 39576647298
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 48563277794
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 47337054513
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 45892297674
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 45094472771
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 42666308300
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 42239645507
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 42041091392
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 41625666898
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 38156864053
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 68682347063
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 69376107657
4.7%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 65907305366
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 65907305366
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 69376106494
6.4%
5
Oman
KWD 63826022039
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 52032083269
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 40405340815
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 34688062970
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%.