Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
24,846,432 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 24,846,296 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
24,846,296 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 24,846,432 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 596,314,368 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 596,311,113 KWD per year, or 49,692,593 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 317846326
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 277116850
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 536680844
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 494941933
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 465127837
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 403109649
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 387604849
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 387605711
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 387608571
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 370213982
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 363755034
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 357796357
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 351825481
41.0%
11
China
KWD 327981623
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 321378830
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 316052514
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 310860312
47.9%
15
India
KWD 68684985
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 527786755
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 432328089
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 400279497
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 398041882
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 387605819
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 387604337
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 385518984
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 365244969
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 363744705
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 362185870
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 357796107
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 340180662
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 433818756
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 417420213
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 406879836
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 405613071
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 394462260
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 387605017
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 366733426
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 363066381
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 361360044
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 357788972
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 327975954
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 327973998
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 596309950
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 596311113
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 590348485
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 566498650
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 566498650
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 548609219
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 447235861
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 347299510
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 298164698
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%.