Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,966 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 5,964 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
5,964 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 5,966 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.01 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 12,409,280 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,406,025 KWD per year, or 1,033,835 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 10796074
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 10113563
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 9989470
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 9554821
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 7259429
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 7142946
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 6949828
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 6740318
45.7%
8
Switzerland
KWD 6574477
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 6555224
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 6531619
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 6433428
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 6428636
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 6360192
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 6269504
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 6208741
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 6083487
51.0%
17
Germany
KWD 6019572
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 5961002
52.0%
19
France
KWD 5137925
58.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 4640245
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 4573797
63.1%
22
Portugal
KWD 4470085
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 6624914
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5773820
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 11166264
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 10300710
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 9681868
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 8389814
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8070264
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8067404
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8066536
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 7706254
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 7572930
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 7453304
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 7327318
41.0%
11
China
KWD 6833824
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 6695825
46.0%
13
Australia
KWD 6582817
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 6478250
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1494917
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 10983456
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 8996900
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8333207
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 8285235
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 8067512
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 8066030
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 8024345
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 7603103
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 7576600
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 7545276
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 7453054
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7083246
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9027804
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 8686651
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 8466796
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 8440830
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 8209045
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8066710
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 7631797
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 7555768
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 7520568
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7445919
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 6828155
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 6826200
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 12406025
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 12404862
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 12282447
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 11788816
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 11788816
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 11416538
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9307045
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 9307018
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7227348
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6212154
49.9%
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%.