Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,968,036,400 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 6,968,036,129 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
6,968,036,129 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 6,968,036,400 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 83,616,436,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 83,616,433,545 KWD per year, or 6,968,036,129 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.9% 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 44567571582
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 38856899824
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 0
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 69401643551
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 65220823334
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 54350685292
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 54350688152
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 51911871231
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 51006029717
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 50169869816
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 49332867515
41.0%
11
China
KWD 45989048960
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 45063276430
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 44316717403
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 9621826138
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 74007319738
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 60621916852
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 56127536679
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 55813973605
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 54350685400
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 54058028137
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 51215069959
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 50785287431
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 47700254806
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 58531505915
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 0
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 55312273249
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 54350684598
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 51424108722
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 0
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 50670557997
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 0
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 45989043291
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 82780269692
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 83616433545
3.9%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 79435614960
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 79435614960
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 83616432382
5.3%
5
Oman
KWD 76927121856
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 62712327685
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 48699049015
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 41808225914
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%.