Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
10,089,069 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 10,089,067 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
10,089,067 KWD
Net pay
1.90 KWD
Tax the employer pays
1.56 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3.47 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1.90 KWD to pay you 10,089,069 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 20,985,263,520 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 20,985,260,265 KWD per year, or 1,748,771,689 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.6% 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 18257179262
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 17102989769
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 16893137134
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 16158652586
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 12276379159
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 12077964339
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 11751748202
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 11451626877
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 11103940841
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 11084416833
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 11038252949
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 10870371924
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 10859880705
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 10748991699
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 10597560895
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 10494613312
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 10267799057
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 10172610665
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 10072931037
52.0%
19
France
KWD 8666926726
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 7844272187
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 7726778728
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 7554697611
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 11185156224
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 9751943077
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 18886735080
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 17417769729
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 16368508175
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 13640422660
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 13640425520
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 13028352733
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 12801014016
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 12591165848
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 12381101591
41.0%
11
China
KWD 11541903656
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 11309561555
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 11122195565
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 10939352021
47.9%
15
India
KWD 2414845211
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 18573658260
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 15214316224
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14086361615
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 14007665441
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 13640422768
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 13640421286
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 13566974611
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 12853476325
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 12745618027
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 12591165598
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 11971362540
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 15266779264
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 14689684619
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 14318769566
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 14274176284
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 13881752124
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 13640421966
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 12905937154
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 12776878072
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 12716818563
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 12591158463
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 11541897987
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 20775408145
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 20985260265
1.6%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 20985259102
2.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 19936000344
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 19936000344
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 19306442438
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 15738947725
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 12222027385
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 10492639274
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%.