Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,836,898 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 6,836,896 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
6,836,896 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 6,836,898 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 14,220,747,840 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,220,744,585 KWD per year, or 1,185,062,049 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.3% 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 12372050621
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 11589909490
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 11447702011
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 10949975513
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 8319137486
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 8184681162
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 7963619421
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 7760230670
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 7524632659
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 7511399651
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 7480117701
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 7366352802
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 7359243841
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 7284098536
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 7181480476
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 7111717672
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 6958018944
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 6893511689
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 6825963511
52.0%
19
France
KWD 5873181751
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 5315702990
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 5236084055
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 5119471966
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 7579669366
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 6608445582
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12586513957
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 10310042356
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9545680465
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 9492351224
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 9243487576
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 9243486094
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 9193715224
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 8710210471
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 8637121784
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 8532456190
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 8112443103
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10345594107
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 9954523643
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 9703171404
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 9672952719
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9407025002
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 9243486774
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 8745760011
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 8658302700
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 8617603235
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 8532449055
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 7821414363
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 7821412408
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 14078537622
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 14220744585
2.3%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14220743422
3.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13509710448
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 13509710448
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 13083088013
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 10665560965
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 8282305808
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 7110381434
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%.