Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
63,274,122 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 63,273,986 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
63,273,986 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 63,274,122 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 1,518,578,928 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,518,575,673 KWD per year, or 126,547,973 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 809413336
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 705696880
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1366718948
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1260421518
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 1184494193
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1026560485
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 987076821
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 987077675
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 987080535
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 942786539
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 926336415
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 911155093
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 895952349
41.0%
11
China
KWD 835227131
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 818413348
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 804852731
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 791624728
47.9%
15
India
KWD 174810142
88.5%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1518574510
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 1518575673
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1503390399
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1442649982
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1442649982
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1397092614
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1138934281
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 884435612
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 759296978
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%.