Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
171,740,861 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 171,740,798 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
171,740,798 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 171,740,861 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 8,930,524,772 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,930,521,517 KWD per year, or 744,210,126 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.6% 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 7769556552
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 7278377689
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 7189072441
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 6876503750
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 5224356992
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 5139919727
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 5001094503
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 4873355942
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 4725416927
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 4717103827
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 4697460368
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 4626017253
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 4621553403
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 4574361637
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 4509917827
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 4466107342
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 4369588976
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 4329076057
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 4286656438
52.0%
19
France
KWD 3688319624
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 3338222898
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 3288223921
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 3214991662
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 4759980471
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 4150057761
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 8037470207
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 7412336568
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 6965811952
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 5804842474
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 5804845334
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 5544369397
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 5447623380
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 5358322599
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 5268926277
41.0%
11
China
KWD 4911797345
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 4812921092
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 4733184028
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 4655374859
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1027704149
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7904238034
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 6474630632
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5994618231
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 5961127326
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 5804842582
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 5804841100
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 5773586011
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 5469948841
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 5447413239
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 5424051901
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 5358322350
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 5094556001
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 6496956825
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 6251367496
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 6093519950
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 6074542988
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 5907542443
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 5804841780
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 5492272824
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 5437350385
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 5411791539
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 5358315214
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 4911791676
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 4911789720
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 8841216785
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 8930521517
3.6%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8930520354
5.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8483998533
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 8483998533
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 8216082790
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 6697893664
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 5201226991
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 4465269900
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%.