Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
124,512 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
124,241 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.2%
99.8%
Net pay
0.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
124,241 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 124,512 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.05 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,494,144 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,490,889 KWD per year, or 124,241 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.2% 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 807146
46.0%
1
Canada
KWD 701512
53.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1342642
10.1%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1241147
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 1168062
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 1011182
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 975426
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 972566
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 971697
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 929774
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 914697
38.8%
9
Taiwan
KWD 904222
39.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 887497
40.6%
11
China
KWD 830499
44.4%
12
Japan
KWD 813349
45.6%
13
Australia
KWD 797795
46.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 788333
47.2%
15
India
KWD 238910
84.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1322677
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1083427
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1006422
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 999382
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 972674
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 971191
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 967710
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 918629
38.5%
8
Peru
KWD 917582
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 915859
38.7%
10
Chile
KWD 903973
39.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 856543
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1087043
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1046056
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1019126
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1016355
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 988682
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 971872
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 918988
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 910088
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 906126
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 896837
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 824830
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 822875
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1490889
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1489726
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1476463
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1419437
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1419437
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1374612
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1120693
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1120666
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 870263
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 754586
49.5%
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%.