Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
656,638,212 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 656,637,941 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
656,637,941 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 656,638,212 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 7,879,658,544 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 7,879,655,289 KWD per year, or 656,637,941 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.1% 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 4199868772
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 3661716022
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 7091690602
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 6540117599
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 6146136294
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 5121779426
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 5121782286
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 4891956641
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 4806594981
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 4727802862
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 4648925712
41.0%
11
China
KWD 4333820919
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 4246579490
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 4176224927
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 4107572081
47.9%
15
India
KWD 906780774
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 6974136302
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 5712752617
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5289224275
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 5259674119
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 5121779534
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5121778051
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5094200994
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 4826293277
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 4806410034
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 4785797789
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 4727802613
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 4495073598
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 5732451644
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 5515761136
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 5376487651
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 5359743780
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5212394433
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5121778732
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 4845990094
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 4797530482
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 4774979215
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 4727795477
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4333815250
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4333813295
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 7800859219
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 7879655289
4.1%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 7485675617
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 7485675617
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 7879654126
5.6%
5
Oman
KWD 7249285860
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 5909743993
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 4589191991
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 3939836786
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%.