Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
413,846,700 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 413,846,637 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
413,846,637 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 413,846,700 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 21,520,028,400 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 21,520,025,145 KWD per year, or 1,793,335,429 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.5% 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 18722424708
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 17538823146
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 17323622862
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 16570421544
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 12589216614
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 12385745592
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 12051216535
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 11743448072
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 11386900982
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 11366879643
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 11319539276
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 11147380132
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 11136621531
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 11022906827
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 10867617159
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 10762046173
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 10529451812
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 10431837941
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 10329618179
52.0%
19
France
KWD 8887784622
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 8044166764
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 7923679157
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 7747212968
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 11470185905
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 10000450455
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 19368023472
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 17861624579
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 16785624782
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 13988019832
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 13988022692
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 13360352582
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 13127220593
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 12912024776
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 12696607523
41.0%
11
China
KWD 11836024340
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 11597761510
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 11405620951
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 11218117938
47.9%
15
India
KWD 2476380707
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 19046968495
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 15602020762
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14445322541
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 14364620998
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 13988019940
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 13988018458
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 13912700106
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 13181019814
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 13070412825
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 12912024526
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 12276427188
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 15655820714
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 15064020035
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 14683653013
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 14637923356
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 14235499092
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 13988019138
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 13234817556
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 13102469669
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 13040879663
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 12912017391
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 11836018671
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 21304825376
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 21520025145
1.5%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 21520023982
2.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 20444026980
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 20444026980
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 19798426128
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 16140021385
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 12533479799
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 10760021714
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%.