Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
74,803,365 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 74,803,094 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
74,803,094 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 74,803,365 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 897,640,380 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 897,637,125 KWD per year, or 74,803,094 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 478453090
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 417144253
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 807874254
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 745042523
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 700162126
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 606806031
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 583466759
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 583467619
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 583470479
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 557287206
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 547563901
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 538591964
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 529604815
41.0%
11
China
KWD 493710929
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 483771961
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 475755300
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 467937609
47.9%
15
India
KWD 103358626
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 794484683
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 650789448
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 602544583
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 599176995
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 583467727
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 583466245
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 580326251
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 549807151
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 547546348
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 545199237
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 538591714
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 512076606
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 653033430
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 628348421
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 612482107
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 610575025
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 593789417
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 583466925
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 552048923
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 546528723
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 543959992
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 538584579
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 493705260
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 493703305
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 897635962
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 897637125
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 888661236
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 852758361
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 852758361
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 825829150
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 673230370
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 522794792
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 448827704
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%.