Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
54,640 KWD
Pension
- 10.15 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.73 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.63 KWD
Total tax
- 12.52 KWD
Net pay
* 54,627 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
54,627 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 54,640 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 14,206,400 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,203,145 KWD per year, or 1,183,595 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 12359568
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 11578216
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 11436152
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 10938604
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 8310744
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 8177269
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 7956215
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 7721007
45.7%
8
Switzerland
KWD 7525387
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 7504463
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 7476904
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 7364336
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 7358646
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 7280705
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 7177049
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 7107470
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 6962792
51.0%
17
Germany
KWD 6890726
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 6823619
52.0%
19
France
KWD 5880136
58.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 5312007
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 5235497
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 5117048
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 7582779
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6608949
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12783672
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11792319
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 11083622
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 9604667
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 9238392
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 9235532
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 9234664
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8821966
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8669173
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8531576
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 8387601
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7822240
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 7664344
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7535291
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 7415065
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1701712
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12574053
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10299812
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9539523
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9484813
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 9235640
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9234158
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9186183
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8703839
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8672800
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8636775
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 8531326
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8108440
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10335209
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9944635
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9693016
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9663231
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9397839
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9234838
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8737026
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8649945
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8609601
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8524191
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7816571
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7814616
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 14203145
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14201982
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 14061596
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13496080
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13496080
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 13069888
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10654885
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 10654858
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8274008
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7110714
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%.