Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,074,462 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 1,074,399 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
1,074,399 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 1,074,462 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 55,872,024 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 55,868,769 KWD per year, or 4,655,731 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 48608661
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 45535700
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 44976979
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 43021134
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 32685134
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 32157711
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 31288965
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 30457938
45.5%
8
Switzerland
KWD 29571919
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 29512245
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 29393022
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 28947129
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 28920606
48.2%
13
Denmark
KWD 28622505
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 28218189
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 27944210
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 27349181
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 27088137
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 26823119
52.0%
19
France
KWD 23088039
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 20886575
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 20576779
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 20116672
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 29790557
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 25971131
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 50282734
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 46374787
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 43582808
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 37770629
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 36321048
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 36317320
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 36318188
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 34689373
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 34085204
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 33530950
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 32969903
41.0%
11
China
KWD 30738333
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 30119130
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 29618072
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 29134809
47.9%
15
India
KWD 6496183
88.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 49451505
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 40507390
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 37507574
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 37296617
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 36318296
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 36316813
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 36123009
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 34224033
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 34087832
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 33942808
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 33530701
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 31877221
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 40646951
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 39110572
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 38122513
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 38004189
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 36959650
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 36317494
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 34361384
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 34018060
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 33858469
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 33523565
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 30732664
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 30730709
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 55867606
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 55868769
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 55310564
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 53078423
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 53078423
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 51402262
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 41904103
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 41904076
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 32540484
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 27943526
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%.