Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,370,566,080 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
1,370,565,809 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,370,565,809 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 1,370,566,080 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 16,446,792,960 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 16,446,789,705 KWD per year, or 1,370,565,809 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.0% 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 8766151415
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 7642897653
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 14802111576
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 13650839164
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 12828501138
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 10690416796
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 10690419656
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 10210719041
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 10032546975
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 9868083512
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 9703449346
41.0%
11
China
KWD 9045744848
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 8863651105
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 8716806168
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 8573506859
47.9%
15
India
KWD 1892602548
88.5%
16
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 11965041932
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 11512755227
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 11222057641
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 11187108610
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 10879553849
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 10690416102
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 10114777760
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 10013630272
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 9966559865
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 9868076127
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 9045739179
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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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%.