Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
874,105,296 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 874,105,025 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
874,105,025 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 874,105,296 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 10,489,263,552 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 10,489,260,297 KWD per year, or 874,105,025 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.1% 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 5590788241
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 4874409907
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 9440335109
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 8706089756
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 8181628200
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 6818022681
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 6818025541
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 6512086350
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 6398454036
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 6293565867
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 6188566570
41.0%
11
China
KWD 5769103674
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 5652969611
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 5559315582
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 5467924936
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1207068515
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 9283848112
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 7604716247
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7040921637
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 7001585462
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 6818022789
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 6818021307
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 6781310632
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 6424676344
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 6398206524
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 6370767487
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 6293565618
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5983761919
43.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 10384368177
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 10489260297
3.1%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 10489259134
4.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9964800374
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 9964800374
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 9650122468
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 7866947749
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 6109052044
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 5244639290
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%.