Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
10,795 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
10,524 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
10,524 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 10,795 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 129,540 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 126,285 KWD per year, or 10,524 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 79005
39.0%
1
Canada
KWD 67376
48.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 114498
11.6%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 108526
16.2%
2
Singapore
KWD 103671
20.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 88710
31.5%
4
Thailand
KWD 88433
31.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 85573
33.9%
6
Taiwan
KWD 85460
34.0%
7
Vietnam
KWD 84705
34.6%
8
Philippines
KWD 82583
36.3%
9
New Zealand
KWD 82288
36.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 82196
36.6%
11
China
KWD 79967
38.3%
12
Japan
KWD 77925
39.8%
13
South Korea
KWD 76983
40.6%
14
Australia
KWD 74555
42.5%
15
India
KWD 64362
50.3%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 114892
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 94089
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 90431
30.2%
3
Panama
KWD 88509
31.7%
4
Uruguay
KWD 87053
32.8%
5
Colombia
KWD 86253
33.4%
6
Mexico
KWD 85681
33.9%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 85493
34.0%
8
Chile
KWD 85210
34.2%
9
Argentina
KWD 84199
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 81762
36.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 78085
39.7%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 94293
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 90833
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 88151
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 88023
32.1%
4
Ghana
KWD 85997
33.6%
5
Mozambique
KWD 84879
34.5%
6
Zambia
KWD 79757
38.4%
7
Cameroon
KWD 79248
38.8%
8
Morocco
KWD 79193
38.9%
9
Senegal
KWD 78075
39.7%
10
South Africa
KWD 74298
42.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 72343
44.2%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 126285
2.5%
1
Bahrain
KWD 125505
3.1%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 125122
3.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 123063
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 123063
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 119177
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 97240
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 97213
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 75504
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 72284
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%.