Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
10,992 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
10,721 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
10,721 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 10,992 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.55 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.5% tax rate now rises to 5.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 131,904 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 128,649 KWD per year, or 10,721 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
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 80312
39.1%
1
Canada
KWD 68474
48.1%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 116984
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 95803
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 92018
30.2%
3
Panama
KWD 90087
31.7%
4
Uruguay
KWD 88489
32.9%
5
Colombia
KWD 87695
33.5%
6
Mexico
KWD 87218
33.9%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 87021
34.0%
8
Chile
KWD 86629
34.3%
9
Argentina
KWD 85735
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 83210
36.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 79433
39.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 128649
2.5%
1
Bahrain
KWD 127845
3.1%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 127486
3.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 125309
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 125309
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 121352
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 99013
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 98986
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 76881
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 73466
44.3%
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%.