Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,217 KWD
Pension
- 97.36 KWD
Social Security
** - 30.43 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.09 KWD
Total tax
- 134 KWD
Net pay
*
1,083 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
1,083 KWD
Net pay
146 KWD
Tax the employer pays
134 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
280 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 146 KWD to pay you 1,217 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 14,604 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,606 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 12,998 KWD per year, or 1,083 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 11535
21.0%
1
Canada
KWD 10426
28.6%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 10678
26.9%
1
South Africa
KWD 10489
28.2%
2
Kenya
KWD 10378
28.9%
3
Mozambique
KWD 10171
30.4%
4
Nigeria
KWD 9972
31.7%
5
Ghana
KWD 9966
31.8%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 9698
33.6%
7
Morocco
KWD 9543
34.7%
8
Cameroon
KWD 9270
36.5%
9
Uganda
KWD 9128
37.5%
10
Senegal
KWD 9113
37.6%
11
Zambia
KWD 9071
37.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 13874
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 13874
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 13436
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 13436
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 13144
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 12998
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 11502
21.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 11038
24.4%
8
Lebanon
KWD 11011
24.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 8564
41.4%
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%.