Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
928,728 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 928,457 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
928,457 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 928,728 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.01 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,144,736 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,141,481 KWD per year, or 928,457 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 9695920
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 9082960
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 8971512
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 8581122
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 6519671
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 6415144
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 6241683
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 6050256
45.7%
8
Switzerland
KWD 5905369
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 5887292
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 5866469
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 5778394
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 5774234
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 5712472
48.7%
14
Netherlands
KWD 5630909
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 5576349
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 5464764
51.0%
17
Germany
KWD 5406584
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 5354021
52.0%
19
France
KWD 4615669
58.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 4167560
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 4108192
63.1%
22
Portugal
KWD 4014849
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 5950912
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5186181
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 10028175
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 9251138
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 8695524
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 7534982
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 7248310
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 7245450
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 7244582
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 6921183
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 6801558
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 6694578
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 6581250
41.0%
11
China
KWD 6138325
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 6014326
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 5912609
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 5819060
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1349405
87.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 9864232
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 8080106
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7484381
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 7441152
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 7245558
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 7244076
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 7206817
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 6828569
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 6805258
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 6777243
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 6694328
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 6361868
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 8107849
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 7801471
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 7603967
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 7580688
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 7372549
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 7244757
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 6854102
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 6785850
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 6754269
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 6687192
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 6132656
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 6130700
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 11141481
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 11140318
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 11030549
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 10587499
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 10587499
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 10253157
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 8358637
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 8358610
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 6490864
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 5579882
49.9%
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%.