Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
457,059 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 457,057 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
457,057 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 457,059 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 950,682,720 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 950,679,465 KWD per year, or 79,223,289 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 506724657
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 441793240
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 855612360
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 789067665
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 741535151
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 642662653
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 617944281
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 617945140
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 617948000
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 590217658
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 579919728
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 570417368
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 560899265
41.0%
11
China
KWD 522884216
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 512357982
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 503867741
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 495587885
47.9%
15
India
KWD 109462219
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 841431451
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 689245144
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 638149253
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 634582757
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 617945248
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 617943766
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 614618124
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 582295585
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 579900903
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 577415033
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 570417118
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 542335404
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 691621732
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 665478059
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 648674221
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 646654424
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 628876925
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 617944446
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 584669962
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 578823552
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 576103013
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 570409983
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 522878547
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 522876592
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 950678302
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 950679465
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 941173153
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 903148584
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 903148584
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 874628102
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 713012125
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 553687182
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 475348874
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%.