Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,485,440 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 60,485,377 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
60,485,377 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 60,485,440 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 3,145,242,880 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,145,239,625 KWD per year, or 262,103,302 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 1676425223
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 1461614125
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 2830716504
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 2610552598
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2453292076
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2044409244
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 2044412104
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 1952673702
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 1918601426
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 1887153464
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 1855667814
41.0%
11
China
KWD 1729892304
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 1695068668
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 1666984625
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 1639583306
47.9%
15
India
KWD 361990670
88.5%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2288164248
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2201670171
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2146077483
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2139394245
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2080578471
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2044408550
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1934324461
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1914981505
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1905980135
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1887146079
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1729886635
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 1729884680
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3145238462
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 3145239625
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3113787711
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2987980736
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 2987980736
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 2893623450
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2358932245
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1831820965
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1572628954
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%.