Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,473,860 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 1,473,797 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
1,473,797 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 1,473,860 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 76,640,720 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 76,637,465 KWD per year, or 6,386,455 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 40860271
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 35622427
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 68974560
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 63612805
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 59782391
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 51810267
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 49820700
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 49816972
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 49817840
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 47583272
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 46754108
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 45992168
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 45223226
41.0%
11
China
KWD 42161116
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 41311969
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 40625481
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 39961257
47.9%
15
India
KWD 8886041
88.4%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 55756177
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 53648659
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 52293514
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 52131056
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 50698142
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 49817146
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 47134132
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 46663080
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 46444050
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 45984783
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 42155447
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 42153492
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 76637465
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 76636302
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 75871573
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 72808684
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 72808684
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 70509462
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 57480625
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 57480598
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 44636380
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 38327874
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%.