Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7,157,840,112 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 7,157,839,841 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
7,157,839,841 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 7,157,840,112 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 85,894,081,344 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 85,894,078,089 KWD per year, or 7,157,839,841 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.8% 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 45781556124
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 39915330355
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 0
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 71292088523
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 66997386078
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 55831154246
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 55831157106
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 53325908828
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 52395392889
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 51536456542
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 50676655019
41.0%
11
China
KWD 47241753459
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 46290763646
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 45523869011
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 9883915125
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 76023219648
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 62273209147
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 57656405580
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 57334301338
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 55831154354
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 55530525334
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 52610127242
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 52168637621
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 48999571300
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 60125857096
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 0
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 56818935115
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 55831153552
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 52824860116
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 0
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 52050783258
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 0
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 47241747790
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 85035137791
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 85894078089
3.8%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 81599377277
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 81599377277
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 85894076926
5.1%
5
Oman
KWD 79022554836
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 64420561093
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 50025571974
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 42947048186
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%.