Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,812,440 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 60,812,169 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
60,812,169 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 60,812,440 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 729,749,280 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 729,746,025 KWD per year, or 60,812,169 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% 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 388967134
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 339124587
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 656772264
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 605692910
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 569207068
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 493311649
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 474337543
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 474338404
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 474341264
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 453054819
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 445150330
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 437857304
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 430550745
41.0%
11
China
KWD 401370824
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 393290687
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 386773017
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 380418182
47.9%
15
India
KWD 84039366
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 645887461
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 529068400
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 489847682
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 487109685
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 474338512
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 474337030
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 471784655
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 446973853
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 445136802
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 443228898
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 437857054
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 416300610
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 530892654
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 510824651
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 497925812
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 496375498
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 482729455
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 474337710
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 448795897
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 444308227
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 442220000
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 437849919
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 401365155
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 401363200
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 729744862
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 729746025
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 722449047
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 693261816
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 693261816
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 671369338
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 547312045
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 425013337
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 364882154
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%.