Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,313 KWD
Pension
- 105 KWD
Social Security
** - 32.83 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.57 KWD
Total tax
- 144 KWD
Net pay
*
1,169 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
1,169 KWD
Net pay
158 KWD
Tax the employer pays
144 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
302 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 158 KWD to pay you 1,313 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 15,756 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,733 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 14,023 KWD per year, or 1,169 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 12385
21.4%
1
Canada
KWD 11226
28.8%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 11516
26.9%
1
Kenya
KWD 11185
29.0%
2
South Africa
KWD 11169
29.1%
3
Mozambique
KWD 10920
30.7%
4
Nigeria
KWD 10755
31.7%
5
Ghana
KWD 10728
31.9%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 10418
33.9%
7
Morocco
KWD 10241
35.0%
8
Cameroon
KWD 9971
36.7%
9
Senegal
KWD 9804
37.8%
10
Zambia
KWD 9779
37.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 9761
38.1%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 14968
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 14968
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 14496
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 14496
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 14180
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 14023
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 12304
21.9%
7
Egypt
KWD 11902
24.5%
8
Lebanon
KWD 11875
24.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 9235
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%.