Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
80,832,246 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 80,831,975 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
80,831,975 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 80,832,246 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 969,986,952 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 969,983,697 KWD per year, or 80,831,975 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 517013813
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 450763994
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 872986169
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 805090178
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 756592452
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 655712313
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 630492032
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 630492891
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 630495751
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 602202368
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 591695310
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 581999907
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 572288569
41.0%
11
China
KWD 533501544
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 522761580
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 514098984
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 505650928
47.9%
15
India
KWD 111683560
88.5%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 705665561
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 678991022
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 661845982
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 659785163
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 641646675
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 630492197
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 596542065
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 590576934
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 587801146
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 581992522
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 533495875
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 533493919
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 969982534
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 969983697
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 960284343
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 921487604
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 921487604
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 892387996
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 727490299
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 564930159
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 485000990
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%.