Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
10,747 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
10,476 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
2.5%
97.5%
Net pay
2.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10,476 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 10,747 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.56 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.5% tax rate now rises to 5.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 128,964 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 125,709 KWD per year, or 10,476 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.5% 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
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 113980
11.6%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 108048
16.2%
2
Singapore
KWD 103221
20.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 88320
31.5%
4
Thailand
KWD 88059
31.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 85199
33.9%
6
Taiwan
KWD 85114
34.0%
7
Vietnam
KWD 84330
34.6%
8
Philippines
KWD 82225
36.2%
9
New Zealand
KWD 81937
36.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 81844
36.5%
11
China
KWD 79650
38.2%
12
Japan
KWD 77614
39.8%
13
South Korea
KWD 76683
40.5%
14
Australia
KWD 74250
42.4%
15
India
KWD 64080
50.3%
16
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 125709
2.5%
1
Bahrain
KWD 124935
3.1%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 124546
3.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 122516
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 122516
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 118647
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 96808
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 96781
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 75169
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 71996
44.2%
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%.