Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
667,249,488 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
* 667,249,352 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
667,249,352 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 667,249,488 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 16,013,987,712 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 16,013,984,457 KWD per year, or 1,334,498,705 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.0% 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 13932169309
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 13051399985
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 12891260108
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 12330770214
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 9368182812
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 9216771404
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 8967833750
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 8738801668
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 8473489673
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 8458588952
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 8423361874
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 8295251055
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 8287245474
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 8202624690
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 8087066612
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 8008506685
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 7835425391
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 7762784717
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 7686718649
52.0%
19
France
KWD 6613789818
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 5986014261
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 5896354976
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 5765038320
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 8535466218
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 7441771323
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 14412586853
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 13291610808
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 12490913045
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 10409093385
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 10409096245
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 9942019127
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 9768535773
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 9608400363
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 9448098577
41.0%
11
China
KWD 8807701962
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 8630400087
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 8487419386
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 8347891161
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1842799566
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 14173676496
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 11610141263
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 10749392729
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 10689338839
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 10409093493
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 10409092011
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 10353044801
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 9808569892
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 9726263953
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 9608400114
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 9135423687
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 11650176114
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 11209791554
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 10926743800
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 10892714480
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 10593253177
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 10409092691
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 9848602532
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 9750116796
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 9704285079
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 9608392978
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 8807696293
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 15853845095
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 16013984457
2.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 16013983294
2.8%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 15213288326
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 15213288326
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 14732868695
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 12010490869
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 9326706642
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 8007001370
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%.