Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,850,963 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 9,850,692 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
9,850,692 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 9,850,963 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 118,211,556 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 118,208,301 KWD per year, or 9,850,692 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 63017527
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 54940561
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 106388313
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 98116599
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 92207643
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 79912152
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 76838016
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 76838883
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 76841743
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 73391831
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 72112318
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 70934670
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 69749603
41.0%
11
China
KWD 65025076
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 63715671
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 62658024
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 61631589
47.9%
15
India
KWD 13669605
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 104627040
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 85703550
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 79352984
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 78908255
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 76838991
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 76837509
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 76425516
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 72406997
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 72113452
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 71805346
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 70934420
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 67439742
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 85998960
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 82748245
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 80658334
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 80407539
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 78197250
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 76838190
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 72700196
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 71973484
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 71635477
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 70927284
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 65019407
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 65017451
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 118207138
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 118208301
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 117026701
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 112300978
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 112300978
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 108754632
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 88658752
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 88658725
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 68847651
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 59113292
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%.