1,474 KWD income tax calculator 2025 - Kuwait

Salary rate

Annual

Month

Semimonthly

Weekly

Day

Hour

Withholding

Salary

1,474 KWD

Pension

- 118 KWD

Social Security

** - 36.85 KWD

Unemployment

- 7.37 KWD

Total tax

- 162 KWD

Net pay

* 1,312 KWD

Marginal tax rate

11.0%

Average tax rate

11.0%

89.0%

Net pay

11.0%

Total tax

Net pay

The Taxberg

1,312 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 1,474 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.

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Summary

If you make 17,688 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,946 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,742 KWD per year, or 1,312 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.

Tax per income

Europe

Russia

KWD 15389

13.0%

1

Switzerland

KWD 14725

16.8%

2

Hungary

KWD 14416

18.5%

3

Ukraine

KWD 14239

19.5%

4

Czech Republic

KWD 13486

23.8%

5

United Kingdom

KWD 13455

23.9%

6

France

KWD 13182

25.5%

7

Norway

KWD 12956

26.8%

8

Ireland

KWD 12856

27.3%

9

Spain

KWD 12472

29.5%

10

Denmark

KWD 11881

32.8%

11

Sweden

KWD 11775

33.4%

12

Luxembourg

KWD 11769

33.5%

13

Austria

KWD 11745

33.6%

14

Greece

KWD 11152

37.0%

15

Netherlands

KWD 11131

37.1%

16

Poland

KWD 11027

37.7%

17

Germany

KWD 10811

38.9%

18

Romania

KWD 10347

41.5%

19

Finland

KWD 10274

41.9%

20

Italy

KWD 10123

42.8%

21

Portugal

KWD 9734

45.0%

22

Belgium

KWD 8308

53.0%

23

North America

USA

KWD 13730

22.4%

1

Canada

KWD 12552

29.0%

2

Asia / Pacific

Hong Kong

KWD 15689

11.3%

1

Taiwan

KWD 15081

14.7%

2

Thailand

KWD 14394

18.6%

3

Kazakhstan

KWD 14247

19.5%

4

South Korea

KWD 13985

20.9%

5

Singapore

KWD 13660

22.8%

6

Australia

KWD 13503

23.7%

7

New Zealand

KWD 13265

25.0%

8

Indonesia

KWD 13097

26.0%

9

Japan

KWD 13034

26.3%

10

Pakistan

KWD 12869

27.2%

11

Malaysia

KWD 12611

28.7%

12

China

KWD 12500

29.3%

13

Philippines

KWD 12441

29.7%

14

Vietnam

KWD 12001

32.2%

15

India

KWD 10739

39.3%

16

Latin America

Guatemala

KWD 15894

10.1%

1

Chile

KWD 14669

17.1%

2

Costa Rica

KWD 14523

17.9%

3

Puerto Rico

KWD 14308

19.1%

4

Panama

KWD 13833

21.8%

5

Ecuador

KWD 13747

22.3%

6

Colombia

KWD 13142

25.7%

7

Peru

KWD 13113

25.9%

8

Brazil

KWD 12996

26.5%

9

Mexico

KWD 12698

28.2%

10

Uruguay

KWD 12532

29.2%

11

Argentina

KWD 11495

35.0%

12

Africa

Angola

KWD 12921

27.0%

1

Kenya

KWD 12537

29.1%

2

South Africa

KWD 12309

30.4%

3

Mozambique

KWD 12175

31.2%

4

Nigeria

KWD 12069

31.8%

5

Ghana

KWD 12006

32.1%

6

Ivory Coast

KWD 11703

33.8%

7

Morocco

KWD 11412

35.5%

8

Cameroon

KWD 11147

37.0%

9

Zambia

KWD 10968

38.0%

10

Senegal

KWD 10964

38.0%

11

Uganda

KWD 10824

38.8%

12

Middle East

United Arab Emirates

KWD 16804

5.0%

1

Qatar

KWD 16804

5.0%

2

Bahrain

KWD 16273

8.0%

3

Oman

KWD 16273

8.0%

4

Saudi Arabia

KWD 15919

10.0%

5

Kuwait

KWD 15742

11.0%

6

Israel

KWD 13509

23.6%

7

Egypt

KWD 13351

24.5%

8

Lebanon

KWD 13324

24.7%

9

Turkey

KWD 10360

41.4%

10

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%.

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