Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
112 KWD
Pension
- 8.96 KWD
Social Security
** - 2.80 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.56 KWD
Total tax
- 12.32 KWD
Net pay
*
99.68 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
99.68 KWD
Net pay
13.44 KWD
Tax the employer pays
12.32 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25.76 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13.44 KWD to pay you 112 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 1,344 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 148 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,196 KWD per year, or 99.68 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 1228
8.7%
1
Canada
KWD 1122
16.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
KWD 1344
0.0%
1
Singapore
KWD 1344
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
KWD 1344
0.0%
3
Pakistan
KWD 1320
1.8%
4
Philippines
KWD 1283
4.6%
5
Thailand
KWD 1276
5.1%
6
Taiwan
KWD 1225
8.9%
7
Indonesia
KWD 1223
9.0%
8
South Korea
KWD 1195
11.1%
9
Malaysia
KWD 1185
11.8%
10
New Zealand
KWD 1184
11.9%
11
India
KWD 1183
12.0%
12
Vietnam
KWD 1119
16.7%
13
Japan
KWD 1092
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
KWD 1064
20.8%
15
China
KWD 1010
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
KWD 1251
6.9%
1
Colombia
KWD 1336
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
KWD 1237
8.0%
3
Brazil
KWD 1231
8.4%
4
Ecuador
KWD 1217
9.5%
5
Guatemala
KWD 1215
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
KWD 1203
10.5%
7
Panama
KWD 1196
11.0%
8
Peru
KWD 1176
12.5%
9
Chile
KWD 1107
17.6%
10
Uruguay
KWD 1074
20.1%
11
Argentina
KWD 891
33.7%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 1331
1.0%
1
Morocco
KWD 1221
9.2%
2
Cameroon
KWD 1119
16.8%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 1117
16.9%
4
Kenya
KWD 1108
17.6%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1083
19.4%
6
Ghana
KWD 1033
23.1%
7
Angola
KWD 1019
24.2%
8
Zambia
KWD 1015
24.5%
9
Senegal
KWD 967
28.0%
10
Uganda
KWD 964
28.3%
11
Nigeria
KWD 952
29.1%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1344
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1277
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 1277
5.0%
3
Bahrain
KWD 1236
8.0%
4
Oman
KWD 1236
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 1196
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 1167
13.2%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1066
20.7%
8
Egypt
KWD 1062
21.0%
9
Turkey
KWD 841
37.4%
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%.