Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,055,440 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 1,055,377 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
1,055,377 KWD
Net pay
76.15 KWD
Tax the employer pays
62.60 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
139 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 76.15 KWD to pay you 1,055,440 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 54,882,880 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 54,879,625 KWD per year, or 4,573,302 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 29263343
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 25511472
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 49392504
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 45553798
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 42811276
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 37101967
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 35678104
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 35674376
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 35675244
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 34075280
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 33481826
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 32937464
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 32386318
41.0%
11
China
KWD 30194304
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 29586052
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 29093825
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 28619181
47.9%
15
India
KWD 6382362
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 48576033
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 39790260
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 36843611
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 36636363
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 35675352
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 35673870
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 35483527
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 33618183
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 33484478
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 33342042
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 32937214
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 31312949
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 39927348
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 38418171
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 37447596
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 37331373
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 36305331
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 35674550
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 33753061
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 33415819
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 33259060
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 32930079
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 30188635
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 30186680
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 54878462
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 54879625
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 54331311
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 52138736
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 52138736
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 50492250
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 41162245
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 41162218
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 31964397
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 27448954
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%.