Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,586,545 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 2,586,409 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
2,586,409 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 2,586,545 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 62,077,080 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 62,073,825 KWD per year, or 5,172,819 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 33097851
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 28854645
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 55867284
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 51524984
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 48422752
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 41965246
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 40354334
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 40350606
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 40351474
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 38541679
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 37870288
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 37253984
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 36630824
41.0%
11
China
KWD 34151114
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 33463210
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 32906751
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 32369423
47.9%
15
India
KWD 7210200
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 54943482
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 45006055
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 41672717
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 41438492
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 40351582
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 40350100
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 40134578
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 38024630
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 37872767
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 37711511
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 37253734
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 35416988
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 45161129
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 43454111
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 42356378
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 42224868
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 41064294
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 40350780
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 38177494
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 37796008
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 37618659
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 37246599
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 34145445
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 34143490
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 62072662
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 62073825
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 61453569
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 58973226
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 58973226
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 57110914
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 46557895
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 46557868
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 36154371
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 31046054
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%.