Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
935,135 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
* 935,072 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
935,072 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 935,135 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 48,627,020 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 48,623,765 KWD per year, or 4,051,980 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 25928969
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 22604348
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 43762230
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 40361434
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 37931705
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 32873006
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 31611795
35.0%
5
Vietnam
KWD 31608067
35.0%
6
Pakistan
KWD 31608935
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 30191434
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 29665751
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 29183948
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 28695423
41.0%
11
China
KWD 26753581
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 26214592
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 25778220
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 25358083
47.9%
15
India
KWD 5662499
88.4%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 35376210
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 34039069
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 33179066
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 33076137
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 32167080
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 31608241
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 29905707
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 29606939
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 29468084
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 29176563
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 26747912
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 26745957
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 48622602
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 48623765
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 48138010
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 46195669
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 46195669
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 44736858
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 36470350
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 36470323
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 28320921
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 24321024
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%.