Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
100,559 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
100,288 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.3%
99.7%
Net pay
0.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
100,288 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 100,559 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.06 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,206,708 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,203,453 KWD per year, or 100,288 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.3% 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 653943
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 567940
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1083950
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1002575
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 943862
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 816875
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 788592
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 785732
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 784864
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 751324
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 739361
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 731761
39.4%
10
Malaysia
KWD 717913
40.5%
11
China
KWD 672410
44.3%
12
Japan
KWD 658441
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 645454
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 638497
47.1%
15
India
KWD 205835
82.9%
16
Show more
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1068273
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 875036
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 813480
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 807519
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 785840
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 784358
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 781882
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 743300
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 741527
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 741282
38.6%
10
Chile
KWD 731511
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 692571
42.6%
12
Show more
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 877933
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 844851
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 823002
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 820841
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 798543
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 785038
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 742215
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 735082
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 731944
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 724376
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 666741
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 664785
44.9%
12
Show more
Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1203453
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1202290
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1191901
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1146373
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1146373
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1110171
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 905116
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 905089
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 702858
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 610868
49.4%
10
Show more
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%.
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%.