Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,135 KWD
Pension
- 90.80 KWD
Social Security
** - 28.38 KWD
Unemployment
- 5.68 KWD
Total tax
- 125 KWD
Net pay
*
1,010 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
1,010 KWD
Net pay
136 KWD
Tax the employer pays
125 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
261 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 136 KWD to pay you 1,135 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 13,620 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,498 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,122 KWD per year, or 1,010 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 10807
20.7%
1
Canada
KWD 9765
28.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 12328
9.5%
1
Taiwan
KWD 11890
12.7%
2
Thailand
KWD 11348
16.7%
3
South Korea
KWD 11035
19.0%
4
Kazakhstan
KWD 10952
19.6%
5
Australia
KWD 10838
20.4%
6
New Zealand
KWD 10596
22.2%
7
Singapore
KWD 10460
23.2%
8
Indonesia
KWD 10336
24.1%
9
Pakistan
KWD 10224
24.9%
10
Japan
KWD 10152
25.5%
11
Malaysia
KWD 9963
26.9%
12
Philippines
KWD 9783
28.2%
13
Vietnam
KWD 9375
31.2%
14
China
KWD 8949
34.3%
15
India
KWD 8446
38.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12293
9.7%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 11545
15.2%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 11438
16.0%
3
Chile
KWD 11194
17.8%
4
Ecuador
KWD 11058
18.8%
5
Panama
KWD 10810
20.6%
6
Colombia
KWD 10551
22.5%
7
Peru
KWD 10229
24.9%
8
Brazil
KWD 10047
26.2%
9
Mexico
KWD 10024
26.4%
10
Uruguay
KWD 9387
31.1%
11
Argentina
KWD 8851
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9962
26.9%
1
South Africa
KWD 9903
27.3%
2
Kenya
KWD 9689
28.9%
3
Mozambique
KWD 9531
30.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9316
31.6%
5
Nigeria
KWD 9302
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 9088
33.3%
7
Morocco
KWD 8947
34.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 8670
36.3%
9
Uganda
KWD 8587
37.0%
10
Senegal
KWD 8523
37.4%
11
Zambia
KWD 8466
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12939
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 12939
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 12530
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 12530
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 12258
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 12122
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 10809
20.6%
7
Egypt
KWD 10300
24.4%
8
Lebanon
KWD 10273
24.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 7991
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%.