Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,420 KWD
Pension
- 114 KWD
Social Security
** - 35.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 7.10 KWD
Total tax
- 156 KWD
Net pay
*
1,264 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
1,264 KWD
Net pay
170 KWD
Tax the employer pays
156 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
327 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 170 KWD to pay you 1,420 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 17,040 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,874 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,166 KWD per year, or 1,264 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 13316
21.9%
1
Canada
KWD 12102
29.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 15151
11.1%
1
Taiwan
KWD 14573
14.5%
2
Thailand
KWD 13913
18.4%
3
Kazakhstan
KWD 13722
19.5%
4
South Korea
KWD 13522
20.6%
5
Australia
KWD 13078
23.3%
6
Singapore
KWD 13072
23.3%
7
New Zealand
KWD 12839
24.7%
8
Indonesia
KWD 12658
25.7%
9
Japan
KWD 12564
26.3%
10
Pakistan
KWD 12448
27.0%
11
Malaysia
KWD 12190
28.5%
12
Philippines
KWD 12018
29.5%
13
China
KWD 12014
29.5%
14
Vietnam
KWD 11580
32.0%
15
India
KWD 10389
39.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 15320
10.1%
1
Chile
KWD 14143
17.0%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14038
17.6%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 13872
18.6%
4
Panama
KWD 13386
21.4%
5
Ecuador
KWD 13260
22.2%
6
Colombia
KWD 12744
25.2%
7
Peru
KWD 12659
25.7%
8
Brazil
KWD 12526
26.5%
9
Mexico
KWD 12276
28.0%
10
Uruguay
KWD 11535
32.3%
11
Argentina
KWD 11074
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12450
26.9%
1
Kenya
KWD 12083
29.1%
2
South Africa
KWD 11926
30.0%
3
Mozambique
KWD 11754
31.0%
4
Nigeria
KWD 11629
31.8%
5
Ghana
KWD 11578
32.1%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 11261
33.9%
7
Morocco
KWD 11019
35.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 10753
36.9%
9
Senegal
KWD 10575
37.9%
10
Zambia
KWD 10569
38.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 10468
38.6%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16188
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 16188
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 15677
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 15677
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 15336
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 15166
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 13116
23.0%
7
Egypt
KWD 12865
24.5%
8
Lebanon
KWD 12838
24.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 9983
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%.