Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,096 KWD
Pension
- 87.68 KWD
Social Security
** - 27.40 KWD
Unemployment
- 5.48 KWD
Total tax
- 121 KWD
Net pay
*
975 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
975 KWD
Net pay
132 KWD
Tax the employer pays
121 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
252 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 132 KWD to pay you 1,096 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 13,152 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,447 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 11,705 KWD per year, or 975 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.
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 11442
13.0%
1
Switzerland
KWD 11297
14.1%
2
Hungary
KWD 10719
18.5%
3
Ukraine
KWD 10587
19.5%
4
Ireland
KWD 10520
20.0%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 10427
20.7%
6
France
KWD 10310
21.6%
7
Czech Republic
KWD 10129
23.0%
8
Norway
KWD 9971
24.2%
9
Spain
KWD 9735
26.0%
10
Luxembourg
KWD 9631
26.8%
11
Austria
KWD 9304
29.3%
12
Sweden
KWD 9287
29.4%
13
Denmark
KWD 8861
32.6%
14
Greece
KWD 8829
32.9%
15
Germany
KWD 8549
35.0%
16
Poland
KWD 8439
35.8%
17
Netherlands
KWD 8277
37.1%
18
Finland
KWD 8059
38.7%
19
Italy
KWD 8002
39.2%
20
Portugal
KWD 7738
41.2%
21
Romania
KWD 7694
41.5%
22
Belgium
KWD 6523
50.4%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 10461
20.5%
1
Canada
KWD 9457
28.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 11948
9.2%
1
Taiwan
KWD 11523
12.4%
2
Thailand
KWD 10997
16.4%
3
South Korea
KWD 10677
18.8%
4
Kazakhstan
KWD 10573
19.6%
5
Australia
KWD 10532
19.9%
6
New Zealand
KWD 10289
21.8%
7
Singapore
KWD 10119
23.1%
8
Indonesia
KWD 10018
23.8%
9
Pakistan
KWD 9918
24.6%
10
Japan
KWD 9833
25.2%
11
Malaysia
KWD 9657
26.6%
12
Philippines
KWD 9478
27.9%
13
Vietnam
KWD 9084
30.9%
14
China
KWD 8659
34.2%
15
India
KWD 8181
37.8%
16
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9621
26.9%
1
South Africa
KWD 9617
26.9%
2
Kenya
KWD 9362
28.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 9227
29.8%
4
Ghana
KWD 9006
31.5%
5
Nigeria
KWD 8984
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 8798
33.1%
7
Morocco
KWD 8663
34.1%
8
Cameroon
KWD 8386
36.2%
9
Uganda
KWD 8329
36.7%
10
Senegal
KWD 8242
37.3%
11
Zambia
KWD 8178
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12494
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 12494
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 12100
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 12100
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 11837
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 11705
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 10480
20.3%
7
Egypt
KWD 9949
24.4%
8
Lebanon
KWD 9922
24.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 7719
41.3%
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%.