Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
112,537 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
112,266 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.2%
99.8%
Net pay
0.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
112,266 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 112,537 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.05 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,350,444 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,347,189 KWD per year, or 112,266 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.2% 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 730554
45.9%
1
Canada
KWD 634734
53.0%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 982501
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 945466
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 921076
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 918610
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 893625
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 878467
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 830613
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 822596
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 819046
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 810617
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 745795
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 743840
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1347189
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1346026
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1334200
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1282922
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1282922
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1242408
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1012918
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1012891
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 786571
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 682736
49.4%
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%.