Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
47,928 KWD
Pension
- 10.15 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.73 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.63 KWD
Total tax
- 12.52 KWD
Net pay
* 47,915 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
47,915 KWD
Net pay
15.23 KWD
Tax the employer pays
12.52 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27.75 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 15.23 KWD to pay you 47,928 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 12,461,280 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,458,025 KWD per year, or 1,038,169 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 6652630
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5797984
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 11213064
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 10343870
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 9722428
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 8424966
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8104064
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8101204
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8100336
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 7738538
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 7604650
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 7484504
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 7357998
41.0%
11
China
KWD 6862424
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 6723849
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 6610377
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 6505357
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1500900
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 11029480
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 9034600
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8368112
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 8319945
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 8101312
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 8099830
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 8057963
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 7634953
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 7608319
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 7576859
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 7484254
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7112911
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9065634
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 8723051
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 8502277
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 8476201
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 8243443
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8100510
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 7663777
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 7587428
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 7552079
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7477119
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 6856755
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 6854800
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 12458025
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 12456862
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 12333927
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 11838216
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 11838216
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 11464378
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9346045
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 9346018
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7257633
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6238154
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%.