Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,083,358,358 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 8,083,358,087 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
8,083,358,087 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 8,083,358,358 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 97,000,300,296 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 97,000,297,041 KWD per year, or 8,083,358,087 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 51701170825
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 45076434727
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 0
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 80510250253
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 75660236860
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 63050196564
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 63050199424
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 60221019480
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 59170186450
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 58200187914
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 57229213139
41.0%
11
China
KWD 53350173883
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 52276219900
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 51410165056
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 11161909836
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 85853123025
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 70325217887
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 0
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 64747702489
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 63050196672
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 62710695887
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 59412686350
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 58914110764
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 55335280495
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 67900210363
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 0
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 64165698952
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 63050195871
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 59655184772
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 0
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 58781018669
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 0
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 53350168214
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 96030294553
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 97000297041
3.4%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 97000295878
4.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 92150285281
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 92150285281
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 89240276272
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 72750225307
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 56493944954
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 48500157662
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%.