Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,439,829,760 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 6,439,829,489 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
6,439,829,489 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 6,439,829,760 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 77,277,957,120 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 77,277,953,865 KWD per year, or 6,439,829,489 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.2% 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 67231822694
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 62981535053
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 62208755482
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 59504026658
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 45207604915
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 44476942677
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 43275656618
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 42170549774
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 40890093805
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 40818217593
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 40648209783
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 40029987209
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 39991349643
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 39583010044
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 39025371163
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 38646267740
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 37811003421
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 37460493888
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 37093423965
52.0%
19
France
KWD 31915809183
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 28886424762
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 28453748512
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 27820067307
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 41189161913
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 35911382963
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 0
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 64140705417
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 60276809183
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 50230673500
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 50230676360
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 47976731923
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 47139557112
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 46366782008
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 45593227888
41.0%
11
China
KWD 42502885136
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 41647290034
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 40957323173
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 8892456085
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 68397251804
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 56026519084
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 51872832194
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 51583038419
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 50230673608
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 49960201024
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 47332751155
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 46935548412
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 44084373995
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 54094570139
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 0
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 51119368941
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 50230672806
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 47525943718
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 47050684570
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 46829515372
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 46366774623
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 42502879467
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 76505174809
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 77277953865
4.2%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 73414059264
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 73414059264
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 77277952702
5.7%
5
Oman
KWD 71095720550
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 57958467925
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 45007455065
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 38638986074
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%.