Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,415 KWD
Pension
- 113 KWD
Social Security
** - 35.38 KWD
Unemployment
- 7.08 KWD
Total tax
- 156 KWD
Net pay
*
1,259 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
1,259 KWD
Net pay
170 KWD
Tax the employer pays
156 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
325 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 170 KWD to pay you 1,415 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 16,980 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,868 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,112 KWD per year, or 1,259 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 13277
21.8%
1
Canada
KWD 12060
29.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 15101
11.1%
1
Taiwan
KWD 14526
14.5%
2
Thailand
KWD 13868
18.3%
3
Kazakhstan
KWD 13674
19.5%
4
South Korea
KWD 13479
20.6%
5
Australia
KWD 13039
23.2%
6
Singapore
KWD 13021
23.3%
7
New Zealand
KWD 12800
24.6%
8
Indonesia
KWD 12617
25.7%
9
Japan
KWD 12520
26.3%
10
Pakistan
KWD 12409
26.9%
11
Malaysia
KWD 12151
28.4%
12
Philippines
KWD 11978
29.5%
13
China
KWD 11969
29.5%
14
Vietnam
KWD 11541
32.0%
15
India
KWD 10355
39.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 15267
10.1%
1
Chile
KWD 14091
17.0%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 13993
17.6%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 13831
18.5%
4
Panama
KWD 13345
21.4%
5
Ecuador
KWD 13215
22.2%
6
Colombia
KWD 12707
25.2%
7
Peru
KWD 12617
25.7%
8
Brazil
KWD 12483
26.5%
9
Mexico
KWD 12236
27.9%
10
Uruguay
KWD 11443
32.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 11035
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12406
26.9%
1
Kenya
KWD 12041
29.1%
2
South Africa
KWD 11891
30.0%
3
Mozambique
KWD 11715
31.0%
4
Nigeria
KWD 11588
31.8%
5
Ghana
KWD 11538
32.1%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 11220
33.9%
7
Morocco
KWD 10983
35.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 10716
36.9%
9
Senegal
KWD 10539
37.9%
10
Zambia
KWD 10532
38.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 10435
38.6%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16131
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 16131
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 15622
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 15622
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 15282
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 15112
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 13079
23.0%
7
Egypt
KWD 12820
24.5%
8
Lebanon
KWD 12793
24.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 9948
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%.