Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,017,879,472 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 9,017,879,201 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
9,017,879,201 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 9,017,879,472 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 108,214,553,664 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 108,214,550,409 KWD per year, or 9,017,879,201 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 94146661688
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 0
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 87112715700
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 83325205997
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 63305513893
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 62282346135
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 60600150683
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 59052650508
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 57259575135
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 57158927888
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 56920859565
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 56055144219
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 56001038355
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 55429229780
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 54648352417
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 54117482907
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 52947834623
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 52457009062
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 51942990306
52.0%
19
France
KWD 44692623556
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 40450493613
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 39844603359
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 38957242063
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 57678367871
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 50287743124
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 0
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 89818080549
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 84407354487
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 70339461254
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 70339464114
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 67183201497
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 66010881004
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 64928739934
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 63845510483
41.0%
11
China
KWD 59518013235
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 58319898964
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 57353719341
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 12452336086
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 95778645610
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 78455551579
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 0
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 72233216612
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 70339461362
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 69960710689
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 66281416538
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 65725199689
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 61732619542
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 0
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 75750187720
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 0
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 71583927555
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 70339460560
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 66551950593
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 0
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 65576721639
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 0
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 59518007566
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 107132405388
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 108214550409
3.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 108214549246
4.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 102803825981
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 102803825981
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 99557389371
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 81160915333
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 63025238258
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 54107284346
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%.