Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,713,980 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 6,713,709 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
6,713,709 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 6,713,980 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 80,567,760 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 80,564,505 KWD per year, or 6,713,709 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 42953384
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 37447338
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 72508896
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 66872248
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 62845482
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 54464946
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 52373276
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 52369548
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 52370416
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 50021309
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 49149603
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 48348392
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 47540140
41.0%
11
China
KWD 44320988
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 43428362
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 42706812
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 42008372
47.9%
15
India
KWD 9337926
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 71309232
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 58411798
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 54084586
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 53781021
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 52370524
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 52369042
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 52088802
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 49350172
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 49151639
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 48942010
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 48348142
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 45965274
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 58613099
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 56397587
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 54973031
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 54802228
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 53295879
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 52369722
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 49549262
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 49054059
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 48823789
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 48341007
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 44315319
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 44313364
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 80564505
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 80563342
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 79759343
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 76539372
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 76539372
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 74122339
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 60425905
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 60425878
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 46923528
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 40291394
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%.