Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,473 KWD
Pension
- 118 KWD
Social Security
** - 36.83 KWD
Unemployment
- 7.37 KWD
Total tax
- 162 KWD
Net pay
*
1,311 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
1,311 KWD
Net pay
177 KWD
Tax the employer pays
162 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
339 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 177 KWD to pay you 1,473 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 17,676 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,944 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,732 KWD per year, or 1,311 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 13722
22.4%
1
Canada
KWD 12543
29.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 15679
11.3%
1
Taiwan
KWD 15072
14.7%
2
Thailand
KWD 14386
18.6%
3
Kazakhstan
KWD 14237
19.5%
4
South Korea
KWD 13976
20.9%
5
Singapore
KWD 13648
22.8%
6
Australia
KWD 13495
23.7%
7
New Zealand
KWD 13257
25.0%
8
Indonesia
KWD 13089
26.0%
9
Japan
KWD 13025
26.3%
10
Pakistan
KWD 12861
27.2%
11
Malaysia
KWD 12603
28.7%
12
China
KWD 12491
29.3%
13
Philippines
KWD 12433
29.7%
14
Vietnam
KWD 11993
32.2%
15
India
KWD 10736
39.3%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 15883
10.1%
1
Chile
KWD 14660
17.1%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14514
17.9%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 14300
19.1%
4
Panama
KWD 13824
21.8%
5
Ecuador
KWD 13738
22.3%
6
Colombia
KWD 13135
25.7%
7
Peru
KWD 13104
25.9%
8
Brazil
KWD 12987
26.5%
9
Mexico
KWD 12690
28.2%
10
Uruguay
KWD 12514
29.2%
11
Argentina
KWD 11487
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12912
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 12529
29.1%
2
South Africa
KWD 12302
30.4%
3
Mozambique
KWD 12168
31.2%
4
Nigeria
KWD 12061
31.8%
5
Ghana
KWD 11999
32.1%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 11695
33.8%
7
Morocco
KWD 11404
35.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 11140
37.0%
9
Zambia
KWD 10960
38.0%
10
Senegal
KWD 10956
38.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 10817
38.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16792
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 16792
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 16262
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 16262
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 15908
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 15732
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 13502
23.6%
7
Egypt
KWD 13342
24.5%
8
Lebanon
KWD 13315
24.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 10353
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%.