Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,808 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
11,537 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
2.3%
97.7%
Net pay
2.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
11,537 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 11,808 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.51 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.3% tax rate now rises to 5.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 141,696 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 138,441 KWD per year, or 11,537 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.3% 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 85727
39.5%
1
Canada
KWD 73024
48.5%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 125651
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 102902
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 98591
30.4%
3
Panama
KWD 96623
31.8%
4
Uruguay
KWD 94436
33.4%
5
Colombia
KWD 93668
33.9%
6
Mexico
KWD 93582
34.0%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 93352
34.1%
8
Chile
KWD 92504
34.7%
9
Argentina
KWD 92100
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 89207
37.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 85019
40.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 138441
2.3%
1
Bahrain
KWD 137539
2.9%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 137278
3.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 134611
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 134611
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 130360
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 106357
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 106330
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 82584
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 78362
44.7%
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%.