Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
803,914,128 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 803,913,857 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
803,913,857 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 803,914,128 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 9,646,969,536 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 9,646,966,281 KWD per year, or 803,913,857 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.4% 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 5141845530
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 4482992509
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 8682270495
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 8006985722
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 7524638868
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 6270531570
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 6270534430
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5989162170
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5884654686
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5788189458
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5691621524
41.0%
11
China
KWD 5305841965
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 5199033487
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 5112899753
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 5028848115
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1110145583
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 8538349682
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6994053086
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 6475531778
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 6439354206
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 6270531678
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 6270530196
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 6236767550
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 5908771259
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 5884427369
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5859191793
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 5788189208
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5503262663
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 7018170391
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6752878831
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 6582368123
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6561868717
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 6381470654
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 6270530877
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5932886354
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5873557780
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5845948468
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5788182072
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 5305836296
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 5305834340
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 9550497101
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 9646966281
3.4%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 9646965118
4.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9164621059
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 9164621059
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8875211973
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 7235227237
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5618491586
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4823492282
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%.