Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
70,493,592 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 70,493,321 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
70,493,321 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 70,493,592 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 845,923,104 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 845,919,849 KWD per year, or 70,493,321 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 450887782
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 393111028
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 761328706
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 702117184
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 659822651
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 571845153
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 549850529
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 549851390
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 549854250
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 525179399
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 516016362
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 507561598
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 499092139
41.0%
11
China
KWD 465266427
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 455900055
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 448345144
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 440978072
47.9%
15
India
KWD 97407510
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 748710705
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 613294423
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 567829361
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 564655713
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 549851498
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 549850015
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 546891032
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 518130320
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 516000049
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 513788232
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 507561349
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 482573710
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 615409111
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 592146328
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 577194116
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 575396933
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 559578439
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 549850696
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 520242799
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 515040660
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 512619943
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 507554213
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 465260758
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 465258803
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 845918686
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 845919849
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 837461133
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 803626949
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 803626949
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 778249256
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 634442413
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 492674134
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 422969066
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%.