Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,070 KWD
Pension
- 85.60 KWD
Social Security
** - 26.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 5.35 KWD
Total tax
- 118 KWD
Net pay
*
952 KWD
Marginal tax rate
11.0%
Average tax rate
11.0%
89.0%
Net pay
11.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
952 KWD
Net pay
128 KWD
Tax the employer pays
118 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
246 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 128 KWD to pay you 1,070 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.30 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11% tax rate now rises to 20.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 12,840 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,412 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,428 KWD per year, or 952 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 11.0% and your marginal tax rate is 11.0%. 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 11 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 89 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 890 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 4,450 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 11602
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 10934
14.8%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 10844
15.5%
3
Chile
KWD 10518
18.1%
4
Ecuador
KWD 10493
18.3%
5
Panama
KWD 10220
20.4%
6
Colombia
KWD 10016
22.0%
7
Peru
KWD 9663
24.8%
8
Mexico
KWD 9500
26.0%
9
Brazil
KWD 9481
26.2%
10
Uruguay
KWD 8913
30.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 8344
35.0%
12
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%.