Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
14,680 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
14,409 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
1.8%
98.2%
Net pay
1.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14,409 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 14,680 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.41 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.8% tax rate now rises to 4.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 176,160 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 172,905 KWD per year, or 14,409 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.9% 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 104574
40.6%
1
Canada
KWD 89040
49.5%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 156154
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 127888
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 121725
30.9%
3
Panama
KWD 119628
32.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 115984
34.2%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 115633
34.4%
6
Uruguay
KWD 115368
34.5%
7
Colombia
KWD 114690
34.9%
8
Argentina
KWD 114502
35.0%
9
Chile
KWD 113182
35.8%
10
Peru
KWD 110317
37.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 104680
40.6%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 128210
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 123467
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 119862
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 119833
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 116836
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 115182
34.6%
6
Zambia
KWD 108428
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 107633
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 107444
39.0%
9
Senegal
KWD 106047
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 99939
43.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 97984
44.4%
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%.