Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,115,304 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
1,115,033 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,115,033 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 1,115,304 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.01 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 13,383,648 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 13,380,393 KWD per year, or 1,115,033 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% 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 7144252
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6226613
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 12043196
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 11109435
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 10441875
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 9048487
32.4%
4
Thailand
KWD 8703603
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 8700743
35.0%
6
Vietnam
KWD 8699875
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 8311174
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 8167294
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 8037925
39.9%
10
Malaysia
KWD 7902186
41.0%
11
China
KWD 7369727
44.9%
12
Japan
KWD 7220939
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 7099232
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 6986176
47.8%
15
India
KWD 1607037
88.0%
16
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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%.