Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,834,811 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 1,834,809 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
1,834,809 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 1,834,811 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 3,816,406,880 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,816,403,625 KWD per year, or 318,033,635 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 8.5% 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 2034155635
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 1773506721
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 3434764104
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3167618718
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2976799996
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2480665844
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 2480668704
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2369354668
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2328011466
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2289851864
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2251647862
41.0%
11
China
KWD 2099032504
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 2056777975
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 2022701545
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 1989452294
47.9%
15
India
KWD 439221638
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 3377829456
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2766895160
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2561766596
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 2547453633
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 2480665952
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2480664470
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2467308793
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 2337551633
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 2327923935
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2317941258
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 2289851614
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2177130737
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2776436058
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2671484971
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2604029459
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2595919998
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2524553457
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2480665150
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2347090321
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2323619707
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2312697465
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2289844479
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2099026835
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 2099024880
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3816402462
0.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 3778240071
1.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3625586536
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 3625586536
5.0%
4
Oman
KWD 3511094330
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 3816403625
8.5%
6
Egypt
KWD 2862305245
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2222713590
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1908210954
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%.