Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
894,685,488 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 894,685,217 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
894,685,217 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 894,685,488 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 10,736,225,856 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 10,736,222,601 KWD per year, or 894,685,217 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.0% 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 5722419149
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 4989174278
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 9662601183
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 8911068468
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 8374258797
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 6978548178
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 6978551038
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 6665408775
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 6549101041
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 6441743250
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 6334271860
41.0%
11
China
KWD 5904932941
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 5786064598
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 5690205603
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 5596663145
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1235486513
88.5%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 7810604363
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 7515358255
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 7325594942
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 7302780865
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 7102013710
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 6978547485
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 6602778991
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 6536751490
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 6506024727
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 6441735864
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 5904927272
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 5904925316
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 10628860858
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 10736222601
3.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 10736221438
4.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 10199414563
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 10199414563
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 9877327788
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 8052169477
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 6252885360
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 5368120442
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%.