Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
16,380 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 16,378 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
16,378 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 16,380 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 34,070,400 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 34,067,145 KWD per year, or 2,838,929 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 29641248
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 27767376
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 27426672
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 26233884
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 19931184
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 19609895
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 19080055
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 18560791
45.5%
8
Switzerland
KWD 18036025
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 17996628
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 17925368
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 17653888
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 17638266
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 17455364
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 17208369
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 17041343
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 16681961
51.0%
17
Germany
KWD 16519800
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 16358339
52.0%
19
France
KWD 14083968
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 12737150
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 12549421
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 12268088
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 18170291
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 15839829
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 30661272
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 28279439
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 26577542
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 23032731
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 22149992
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 22146264
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 22147132
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 21154199
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 20786213
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 20449976
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 20107162
41.0%
11
China
KWD 18747440
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 18369617
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 18063211
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 17769908
47.8%
15
India
KWD 3987466
88.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 30155302
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 24701212
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 22873233
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 22744033
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 22147240
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 22145758
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 22028259
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 20870539
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 20789364
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 20701374
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 20449726
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 19440157
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 24786269
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 23849435
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 23246720
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 23174724
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 22537875
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 22146438
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 20953386
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 20744141
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 20646947
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 20442591
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 18741771
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 18739816
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 34065982
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 34067145
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 33726956
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 32366880
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 32366880
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 31344768
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 25552885
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 25552858
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 19843000
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 17042714
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%.