Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7,280,080,122 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 7,280,079,851 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
7,280,079,851 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 7,280,080,122 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 87,360,961,464 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 87,360,958,209 KWD per year, or 7,280,079,851 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.7% 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 76004036474
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 71199183593
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 70325573979
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 67267940003
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 51106162456
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 50280165412
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 48922139051
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 47672845245
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 46225313894
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 46144060488
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 45951870068
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 45252983459
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 45209304391
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 44747686197
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 44117288356
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 43688720600
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 42744472251
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 42348230243
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 41933266050
52.0%
19
France
KWD 36080089977
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 32655441703
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 32166310711
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 31449948871
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 46563403228
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 40596995414
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 77321527372
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 63336697234
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 58641048860
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 58313443818
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 56784626432
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 56478863332
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 53508591315
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 53059561931
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 49836375068
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 61152673180
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 0
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 57789276314
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 56784625630
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 53726991390
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 0
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 52939695009
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 0
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 48048531856
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 86487349110
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 87360958209
3.7%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 82992913391
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 82992913391
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 87360957046
5.1%
5
Oman
KWD 80372084547
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 65520721183
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 50879897625
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 43680488246
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%.