Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,737,652 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 3,737,516 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
3,737,516 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 3,737,652 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 89,703,648 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 89,700,393 KWD per year, or 7,475,033 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 47822812
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 41692822
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 80731196
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 74455035
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 69971475
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 60640806
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 58307876
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 58308743
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 58311603
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 55693172
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 54722494
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 53829925
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 52930222
41.0%
11
China
KWD 49345727
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 48351951
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 47548832
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 46770790
47.9%
15
India
KWD 10389194
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 79395233
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 65035317
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 60217051
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 59879226
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 58308851
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 58307369
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 57995154
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 54945903
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 54724311
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 54490783
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 53829675
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 51176978
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 65259457
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 62792709
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 61206676
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 61016459
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 59339269
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 58308049
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 55167833
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 54616444
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 54360027
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 53822540
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 49340058
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 49338102
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 89699230
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 89700393
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 88803872
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 85218466
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 85218466
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 82527356
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 67277821
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 67277794
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 52244360
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 44859338
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%.