Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
70,493,820 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 70,493,757 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
70,493,757 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 70,493,820 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 3,665,678,640 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,665,675,385 KWD per year, or 305,472,949 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 8.9% 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 3189140417
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 2987528092
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 2950871305
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 2822572229
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 2144422004
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 2109763860
42.5%
6
Greece
KWD 2052780669
44.0%
7
Italy
KWD 2000329408
45.4%
8
Switzerland
KWD 1939628893
47.1%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 1936212100
47.2%
10
Norway
KWD 1928151302
47.4%
11
Spain
KWD 1898826956
48.2%
12
United Kingdom
KWD 1896995530
48.3%
13
Denmark
KWD 1877623210
48.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 1851170530
49.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 1833187874
50.0%
16
Austria
KWD 1793575577
51.1%
17
Germany
KWD 1776941894
51.5%
18
Ireland
KWD 1759530295
52.0%
19
France
KWD 1513938171
58.7%
20
Belgium
KWD 1370228678
62.6%
21
Finland
KWD 1349707575
63.2%
22
Portugal
KWD 1319647054
64.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 1953817483
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 1703462704
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 3299108688
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3042514279
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 2859231969
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 2382692488
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 2382695348
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2275777556
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2236067239
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2199414920
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2162719708
41.0%
11
China
KWD 2016131972
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 1975546253
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 1942815578
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 1910879640
47.9%
15
India
KWD 421877311
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 3244422755
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 2657617186
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 2460590265
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 2446842533
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 2382692596
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 2382691114
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 2369862986
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 2245230586
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 2235983323
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2226394955
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 2199414670
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2091145552
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2666781264
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2565975203
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2501183813
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2493394649
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2424846726
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2382691794
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2254392453
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2231848818
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2221357961
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2199407535
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2016126303
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 2016124348
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3665674222
0.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 3629019114
1.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3482394708
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 3482394708
5.0%
4
Oman
KWD 3372424349
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 3665675385
8.9%
6
Egypt
KWD 2749259065
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2134927955
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1832846834
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%.