Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,192 KWD
Pension
- 95.36 KWD
Social Security
** - 29.80 KWD
Unemployment
- 5.96 KWD
Total tax
- 131 KWD
Net pay
*
1,061 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
1,061 KWD
Net pay
143 KWD
Tax the employer pays
131 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
274 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 143 KWD to pay you 1,192 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 14,304 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,573 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,731 KWD per year, or 1,061 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 11313
20.9%
1
Canada
KWD 10215
28.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 12887
9.9%
1
Taiwan
KWD 12427
13.1%
2
Thailand
KWD 11861
17.1%
3
South Korea
KWD 11559
19.2%
4
Kazakhstan
KWD 11506
19.6%
5
Australia
KWD 11286
21.1%
6
New Zealand
KWD 11044
22.8%
7
Singapore
KWD 10959
23.4%
8
Indonesia
KWD 10800
24.5%
9
Pakistan
KWD 10670
25.4%
10
Japan
KWD 10618
25.8%
11
Malaysia
KWD 10410
27.2%
12
Philippines
KWD 10230
28.5%
13
Vietnam
KWD 9801
31.5%
14
China
KWD 9381
34.4%
15
India
KWD 8835
38.2%
16
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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%.