Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
139,560 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
139,289 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
139,289 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 139,560 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.04 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,674,720 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,671,465 KWD per year, or 139,289 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 903393
46.1%
1
Canada
KWD 785427
53.1%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1482501
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1214344
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 1127633
32.7%
3
Panama
KWD 1119917
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 1090048
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 1088566
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 1084452
35.3%
7
Colombia
KWD 1028776
38.6%
8
Peru
KWD 1028185
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 1025534
38.8%
10
Chile
KWD 1012318
39.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 959556
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1218412
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1172459
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1142338
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1139183
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1108133
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1089246
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1030042
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1020031
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1015553
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1005183
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 924147
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 922192
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1671465
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1670302
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1655233
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1590984
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1590984
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1540742
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1256125
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1256098
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 975432
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 844874
49.6%
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%.