Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,040,616 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 37,040,480 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
37,040,480 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 37,040,616 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 888,974,784 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 888,971,529 KWD per year, or 74,080,961 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 473834328
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 413117316
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 800075218
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 737850078
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 693402961
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 600948088
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 577834122
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 577834982
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 577837842
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 551907316
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 542277887
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 533392606
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 524492200
41.0%
11
China
KWD 488944851
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 479101826
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 471162535
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 463420348
47.9%
15
India
KWD 102361475
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 786814929
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 644506891
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 596727801
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 593392709
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 577835090
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 577833607
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 574723943
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 544499474
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 542260542
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 539936101
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 533392357
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 507133187
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 646729208
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 622282504
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 606569354
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 604680686
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 588057125
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 577834288
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 546719582
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 541252675
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 538708744
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 533385221
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 488939182
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 488937227
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 888970366
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 888971529
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 880082296
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 844526045
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 844526045
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 817856801
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 666731173
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 517747863
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 444494906
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%.