Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,621,999,838 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 2,621,999,702 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
2,621,999,702 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 2,621,999,838 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 62,927,996,112 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 62,927,992,857 KWD per year, or 5,243,999,405 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 5.2% 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 33540632695
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 29242898683
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 56635194413
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 52230237780
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 49083839597
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 40903198845
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 40903201705
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 39067798159
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 38386080897
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 37756805403
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 37126894393
41.0%
11
China
KWD 34610406582
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 33913689226
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 33351843838
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 0
47.9%
15
India
KWD 7241203364
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 55696373965
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 45622797353
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 42240420868
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 42004439446
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 40903198953
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 0
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 40682951232
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 38543400037
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 38219956094
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 0
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 35898223489
43.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 62298713411
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 59781596306
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 59781596306
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 62927992857
5.2%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 62927991694
7.0%
5
Oman
KWD 57893756423
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 47195997169
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 36649894274
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 31464005570
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%.