Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
79,223,664 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 79,223,393 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
79,223,393 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 79,223,664 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 950,683,968 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 950,680,713 KWD per year, or 79,223,393 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 506725323
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 441793820
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 855613484
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 789068701
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 741536125
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 642663496
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 617945092
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 617945951
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 617948811
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 590218433
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 579920490
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 570418117
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 560900001
41.0%
11
China
KWD 522884903
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 512358654
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 503868402
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 495588536
47.9%
15
India
KWD 109462362
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 841432555
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 689246049
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 638150091
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 634583590
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 617946059
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 617944577
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 614618931
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 582296349
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 579901665
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 577415791
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 570417867
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 542336116
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 691622640
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 665478933
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 648675073
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 646655273
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 628877751
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 617945257
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 584670730
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 578824312
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 576103769
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 570410732
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 522879234
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 522877278
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 950679550
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 950680713
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 941174389
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 903149770
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 903149770
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 874629251
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 713013061
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 553687909
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 475349498
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%.