Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,375 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 6,373 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
6,373 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 6,375 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 13,260,000 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 13,256,745 KWD per year, or 1,104,729 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 11536200
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 10806900
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 10674300
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 10209876
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 7757100
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 7632573
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 7426231
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 7204556
45.7%
8
Switzerland
KWD 7024618
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 7004574
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 6979097
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 6874101
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 6868884
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 6795944
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 6699117
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 6634181
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 6499732
51.0%
17
Germany
KWD 6431959
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 6369347
52.0%
19
France
KWD 5489273
58.6%
20
Belgium
KWD 4958243
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 4887032
63.1%
22
Portugal
KWD 4776344
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 7078348
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6169153
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 11931912
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11006807
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10345430
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 8964901
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8623232
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8620372
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8619504
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8234410
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8091869
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 7963736
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 7829235
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7301720
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 7154302
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7033699
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 6921720
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1592809
88.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 11736412
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 9613672
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8904252
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 8853091
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 8620480
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 8618998
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 8574335
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 8124169
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 8095519
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8061969
39.2%
10
Chile
KWD 7963486
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 7568552
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9646703
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9282155
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9047264
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9019490
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 8771796
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 8619678
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8154990
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8073729
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8036094
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 7956351
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7296051
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7294096
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 13256745
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 13255582
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13124660
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12597000
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 12597000
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 12199200
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 9945085
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 9945058
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 7722815
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 6637514
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%.