Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
969,987,742 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 969,987,471 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
969,987,471 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 969,987,742 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 11,639,852,904 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,639,849,649 KWD per year, or 969,987,471 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.8% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 10126672026
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 9486480117
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 9370081588
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 8962686412
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 6809313949
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 6699259986
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 6518318257
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 6351836304
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 6159003722
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 6148170946
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 6122566965
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 6029449225
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 6023630711
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 5962122855
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 5878128534
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 5821026861
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 5695224217
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 5642422869
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 5587133941
52.0%
19
France
KWD 4807272142
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 4350967044
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 4285798539
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 4190349789
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 6204052366
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 5409093382
53.5%
2
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%.