Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,700,611 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 2,700,475 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
2,700,475 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 2,700,611 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 64,814,664 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 64,811,409 KWD per year, or 5,400,951 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 58331110
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 53797179
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 50558067
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 43815853
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 42133764
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 42130036
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 42130904
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 40241262
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 39540214
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 38896534
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 38245971
41.0%
11
China
KWD 35656785
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 34938572
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 34357671
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 33796490
47.9%
15
India
KWD 7525214
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 57366466
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 46990804
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 43510321
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 43265829
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 42131012
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 42129529
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 41904426
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 39701400
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 39542628
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 39374210
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 38896285
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 36978684
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 47152721
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 45370420
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 44224300
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 44086973
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 42875206
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 42130210
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 39861108
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 39462786
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 39277602
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 38889149
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 35651116
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 35649161
45.0%
12
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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%.