Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
147 KWD
Pension
- 11.76 KWD
Social Security
** - 3.68 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.74 KWD
Total tax
- 16.17 KWD
Net pay
*
131 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
131 KWD
Net pay
17.64 KWD
Tax the employer pays
16.17 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33.81 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 17.64 KWD to pay you 147 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 1,764 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 194 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,570 KWD per year, or 131 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 1611
8.7%
1
Canada
KWD 1414
19.9%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 1708
3.2%
1
Morocco
KWD 1564
11.4%
2
Cameroon
KWD 1432
18.8%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 1422
19.4%
4
Mozambique
KWD 1406
20.3%
5
Kenya
KWD 1399
20.7%
6
Ghana
KWD 1331
24.6%
7
Angola
KWD 1328
24.7%
8
Zambia
KWD 1252
29.0%
9
Nigeria
KWD 1238
29.8%
10
Senegal
KWD 1238
29.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 1237
29.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1676
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 1676
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1623
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 1623
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1588
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 1570
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 1532
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 1387
21.4%
8
Lebanon
KWD 1381
21.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 1085
38.5%
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%.