Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,025,640 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 8,025,369 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
8,025,369 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 8,025,640 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 96,307,680 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 96,304,425 KWD per year, or 8,025,369 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 51342761
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 44761742
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 86674824
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 79936382
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 75122620
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 65105132
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 62600497
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 62601364
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 62604224
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 59793175
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 58750954
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 57792344
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 56826535
41.0%
11
China
KWD 52977944
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 51911051
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 51048969
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 50213386
47.9%
15
India
KWD 11149121
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 85240336
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 69823240
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 64650008
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 64287417
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 62601472
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 62599990
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 62264661
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 58990873
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 58752612
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 58501808
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 57792094
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 54944347
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 70063890
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 67415531
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 65712772
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 65508522
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 63707836
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 62600670
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 59229313
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 58637309
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 58361991
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 57784959
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 52972275
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 52970320
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 96303262
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 96304425
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 95341863
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 91492296
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 91492296
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 88603066
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 72230845
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 72230818
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 56090615
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 48161354
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%.