Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
92,769,361 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 92,769,298 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
92,769,298 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 92,769,361 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 4,824,006,772 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,824,003,517 KWD per year, or 402,000,293 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 6.8% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 2571206377
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 2241742421
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 4341604007
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 4003926628
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 3762727912
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 3135605774
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 3135608634
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 2994906242
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 2942647400
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 2894411799
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 2846121723
41.0%
11
China
KWD 2653212445
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 2599802122
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 2556729488
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 2514700899
47.9%
15
India
KWD 555166348
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 4269636976
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 3497405082
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3238118023
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 3220026561
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 3135605882
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3135604400
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3118722124
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 2954706566
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 2942535712
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2929917129
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 2894411550
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2751931210
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3509464980
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3376804896
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3291540055
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3281289444
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 3191080786
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 3135605080
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2966764254
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2937096901
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2923290909
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2894404414
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2653206776
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 2653204820
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 4775763965
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4582806433
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 4582806433
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 4824003517
6.8%
4
Oman
KWD 4438086230
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 4824002354
9.2%
6
Egypt
KWD 3618005164
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2809549843
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2412010900
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%.