Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,138 KWD
Pension
- 91.04 KWD
Social Security
** - 28.45 KWD
Unemployment
- 5.69 KWD
Total tax
- 125 KWD
Net pay
*
1,013 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
1,013 KWD
Net pay
137 KWD
Tax the employer pays
125 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
262 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 137 KWD to pay you 1,138 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 13,656 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,502 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,154 KWD per year, or 1,013 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 10834
20.7%
1
Canada
KWD 9788
28.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 12358
9.5%
1
Taiwan
KWD 11918
12.7%
2
Thailand
KWD 11375
16.7%
3
South Korea
KWD 11063
19.0%
4
Kazakhstan
KWD 10981
19.6%
5
Australia
KWD 10862
20.5%
6
New Zealand
KWD 10619
22.2%
7
Singapore
KWD 10486
23.2%
8
Indonesia
KWD 10360
24.1%
9
Pakistan
KWD 10248
25.0%
10
Japan
KWD 10176
25.5%
11
Malaysia
KWD 9987
26.9%
12
Philippines
KWD 9807
28.2%
13
Vietnam
KWD 9397
31.2%
14
China
KWD 8971
34.3%
15
India
KWD 8467
38.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 12325
9.8%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 11573
15.3%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 11465
16.0%
3
Chile
KWD 11225
17.8%
4
Ecuador
KWD 11084
18.8%
5
Panama
KWD 10837
20.6%
6
Colombia
KWD 10575
22.6%
7
Peru
KWD 10255
24.9%
8
Brazil
KWD 10073
26.2%
9
Mexico
KWD 10049
26.4%
10
Uruguay
KWD 9409
31.1%
11
Argentina
KWD 8874
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 9988
26.9%
1
South Africa
KWD 9925
27.3%
2
Kenya
KWD 9715
28.9%
3
Mozambique
KWD 9555
30.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 9339
31.6%
5
Nigeria
KWD 9327
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 9110
33.3%
7
Morocco
KWD 8968
34.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 8692
36.4%
9
Uganda
KWD 8606
37.0%
10
Senegal
KWD 8544
37.4%
11
Zambia
KWD 8488
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 12973
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 12973
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 12564
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 12564
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 12290
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 12154
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 10835
20.7%
7
Egypt
KWD 10327
24.4%
8
Lebanon
KWD 10300
24.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 8012
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%.