Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
103,800 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
103,529 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
103,529 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 103,800 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 1,245,600 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,242,345 KWD per year, or 103,529 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 674673
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 586013
53.0%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1102695
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 903232
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 839586
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 833479
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 811120
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 809638
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 807026
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 767023
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 765349
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 764903
38.6%
10
Chile
KWD 754846
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 714758
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 906227
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 872075
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 849539
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 847295
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 824270
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 810318
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 766134
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 758762
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 755512
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 747711
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 688131
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 686176
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1242345
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1241182
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1230404
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1183320
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1183320
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1145952
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 934285
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 934258
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 725509
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 630314
49.4%
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%.
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%.