Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
604,799,945 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 604,799,882 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
604,799,882 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 604,799,945 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 31,449,597,140 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 31,449,593,885 KWD per year, or 2,620,799,490 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 27361149512
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 25631421669
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 25316925698
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 24216189474
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 18398014327
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 18100659233
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 17611775029
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 17162013733
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 16640933689
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 16611677852
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 16542492433
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 16290896739
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 16275173353
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 16108990809
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 15882049373
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 15727766765
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 15387846811
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 15245196387
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 15095811175
52.0%
19
France
KWD 12988696512
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 11755829630
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 11579746367
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 11321857714
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 16762646043
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 14614760767
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 28304635338
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 26103166634
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 24530688399
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 20442239513
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 20442242373
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 19524959591
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 19184257524
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 18869766020
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 18554953784
41.0%
11
China
KWD 17297287147
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 16949087607
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 16668292383
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 16394271855
47.9%
15
India
KWD 3618978055
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 27835441125
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 22800958099
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 21110545558
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 20992608132
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 20442239621
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 20442238139
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 20332166296
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 19262880667
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 0
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 19101235695
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 18869765770
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 17940898619
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 22879581972
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 22014718153
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 21458846003
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 0
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 20803908814
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 20442238819
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 19341502331
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 19148087597
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 19058079165
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 18869758635
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 17297281478
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 31135098429
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 31449593885
1.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 31449592722
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 29877117283
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 29877117283
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 28933629369
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 23587197940
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 18316559929
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 15724806084
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%.