Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,767,400 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 3,767,264 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
3,767,264 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 3,767,400 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 90,417,600 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 90,414,345 KWD per year, or 7,534,529 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 48203349
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 42024598
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 81373752
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 75047615
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 70528358
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 61123438
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 58771945
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 58772812
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 58775672
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 56136418
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 55158005
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 54258296
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 53351447
41.0%
11
China
KWD 49738400
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 48736720
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 47927227
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 47142964
47.9%
15
India
KWD 10471349
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 80027138
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 65552932
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 60696291
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 60355789
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 58772920
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 58771438
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 58456724
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 55383199
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 55159805
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 54924409
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 54258046
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 51584263
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 65778857
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 63292475
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 61693823
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 61502090
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 59811548
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 58772118
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 55606914
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 55051134
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 54792674
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 54250911
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 49732731
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 49730776
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 90413182
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 90414345
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 89510684
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 85896720
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 85896720
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 83184192
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 67813285
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 67813258
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 52660173
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 45216314
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%.