Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,394,315 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 5,394,313 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
5,394,313 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 5,394,315 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 11,220,175,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,220,171,945 KWD per year, or 935,014,329 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.9% 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 5980364149
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 5214067474
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 10098155592
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 9312746423
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 8751739286
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 7293115252
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 7293118112
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 6965860647
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 6844310141
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 6732112856
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 6619797133
41.0%
11
China
KWD 6171105080
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 6046878619
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 5946698755
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 5848939589
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1291174656
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 9930764124
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 8134627192
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7531546080
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 7489468987
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 7293115360
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 7293113878
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 7253845012
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 6872359729
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 6844045106
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 6814693985
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 6732112606
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 6400721432
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 8162677511
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 7854122795
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 7655805678
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 7631963209
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 7422146201
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 7293114558
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 6900407838
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 6831404048
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 6799292222
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 6732105471
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 6171099411
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 6171097456
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 11107970708
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 11220171945
2.9%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 11220170782
3.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 10659166440
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 10659166440
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 10322561184
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 8415131485
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 6534742297
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 5610095114
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%.