Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
10,381,842 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 10,381,840 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
10,381,840 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 10,381,842 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 21,594,231,360 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 21,594,228,105 KWD per year, or 1,799,519,009 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.5% 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 18786981283
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 17599298558
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 17383356245
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 16627557823
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 12632625346
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 12428452735
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 12092770193
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 11783940627
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 11426163994
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 11406073647
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 11358570033
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 11185817265
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 11175021562
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 11060914770
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 10905089654
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 10799154650
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 10565758252
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 10467807825
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 10365235600
52.0%
19
France
KWD 8918430444
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 8071903757
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 7951000687
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 7773926033
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 11509736083
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 10034932868
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 19434806136
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 17923213036
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 16843503090
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 14036251756
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 14036254616
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 13406420251
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 13172484399
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 12956546552
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 12740386527
41.0%
11
China
KWD 11876835968
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 11637751588
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 11444948520
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 11256798967
47.9%
15
India
KWD 2484919256
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 19112644125
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 15655817908
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14495131278
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 14414151474
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 14036251864
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 14036250382
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 13960672320
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 13226469127
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 13115480735
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 12956546302
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 12318757379
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 15709803368
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 15115962107
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 14734283547
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 14688396209
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 14284584351
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 14036251062
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 13280452376
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 13147648141
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 13085845766
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 12956539167
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 11876830299
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 21378286307
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 21594228105
1.5%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 21594226942
2.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 20514519792
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 20514519792
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 19866692851
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 16195673605
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 12576696345
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 10797123194
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%.