Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,286 KWD
Pension
- 103 KWD
Social Security
** - 32.15 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.43 KWD
Total tax
- 141 KWD
Net pay
*
1,145 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
1,145 KWD
Net pay
154 KWD
Tax the employer pays
141 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
296 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 154 KWD to pay you 1,286 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 15,432 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,698 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 13,734 KWD per year, or 1,145 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 12147
21.3%
1
Canada
KWD 11008
28.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 13816
10.5%
1
Taiwan
KWD 13311
13.7%
2
Thailand
KWD 12707
17.7%
3
Kazakhstan
KWD 12420
19.5%
4
South Korea
KWD 12375
19.8%
5
Australia
KWD 12025
22.1%
6
New Zealand
KWD 11784
23.6%
7
Singapore
KWD 11783
23.6%
8
Indonesia
KWD 11566
25.1%
9
Pakistan
KWD 11403
26.1%
10
Japan
KWD 11391
26.2%
11
Malaysia
KWD 11138
27.8%
12
Philippines
KWD 10967
28.9%
13
Vietnam
KWD 10534
31.7%
14
China
KWD 10236
33.7%
15
India
KWD 9476
38.6%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 13897
10.0%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 12816
17.0%
2
Puerto Rico
KWD 12789
17.1%
3
Chile
KWD 12753
17.4%
4
Panama
KWD 12181
21.1%
5
Ecuador
KWD 12158
21.2%
6
Colombia
KWD 11744
23.9%
7
Peru
KWD 11534
25.3%
8
Brazil
KWD 11360
26.4%
9
Mexico
KWD 11227
27.3%
10
Uruguay
KWD 10487
32.0%
11
Argentina
KWD 10029
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 14660
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 14660
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 14197
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 14197
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 13889
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 13734
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 12085
21.7%
7
Egypt
KWD 11659
24.5%
8
Lebanon
KWD 11632
24.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 9047
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%.