Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,710,677,269 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 1,710,677,133 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
1,710,677,133 KWD
Net pay
165 KWD
Tax the employer pays
136 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
301 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 165 KWD to pay you 1,710,677,269 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 41,056,254,456 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 41,056,251,201 KWD per year, or 3,421,354,267 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 7.9% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 35718941377
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 33460847382
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 33050284837
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 31613315607
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 24017908857
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 23629722818
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 22991503126
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 22404366631
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 21724104275
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 21685914246
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 21595594181
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 21267145229
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 21246618514
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 21029674392
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 20733411317
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 20532001199
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 20088245900
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 19902023521
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 19707006686
52.0%
19
France
KWD 16956245983
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 15346788528
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 15116917591
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 14780254348
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 21882994393
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 19079012848
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 36950626923
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 34076692206
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 32023881105
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 26686566768
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 26686569628
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 25489092432
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 25044318487
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 24633760410
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 24222785534
41.0%
11
China
KWD 22580948671
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 22126387583
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 21759820761
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 21402096283
47.9%
15
India
KWD 4724417925
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 36338110988
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 29765784653
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 27559014281
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 27405051890
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 26686566876
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 26686565394
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 26542870251
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 25146958273
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 24935935082
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 24633760160
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 23421160385
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 29868425170
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 28739378275
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 28013708456
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 27158712629
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 26686566075
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 25249596580
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 24997100903
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 24879598218
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 24633753024
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 22580943002
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 40645689172
1.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 41056250038
1.1%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 39003441733
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 39003441733
5.0%
4
Kuwait
KWD 41056251201
7.9%
5
Oman
KWD 37771754100
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 30792190927
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 23911573216
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 20528134742
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%.