Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
13,847 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
13,576 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
2.0%
98.0%
Net pay
2.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13,576 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 13,847 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.43 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2% tax rate now rises to 4.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 166,164 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 162,909 KWD per year, or 13,576 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 99140
40.3%
1
Canada
KWD 84395
49.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 147460
11.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 138924
16.4%
2
Singapore
KWD 132237
20.4%
3
Indonesia
KWD 113468
31.7%
4
Thailand
KWD 112239
32.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 109379
34.2%
6
Vietnam
KWD 108510
34.7%
7
Taiwan
KWD 107434
35.3%
8
Philippines
KWD 105320
36.6%
9
New Zealand
KWD 104629
37.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 104002
37.4%
11
China
KWD 100110
39.8%
12
Japan
KWD 97663
41.2%
13
South Korea
KWD 96075
42.2%
14
Australia
KWD 93966
43.5%
15
India
KWD 82308
50.5%
16
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 162909
2.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 161763
2.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 161746
2.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 157856
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 157856
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 152871
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 124708
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 124681
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 96834
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 90596
45.5%
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%.