Income tax calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,487,406 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 1,487,135 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,487,135 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 1,487,406 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make 17,848,872 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 17,845,617 KWD per year, or 1,487,135 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% 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
Tax per income
1,905 KWD
1,910 KWD
1,915 KWD
1,920 KWD
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1,930 KWD
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1,940 KWD
1,945 KWD
1,950 KWD
1,955 KWD
1,960 KWD
1,965 KWD
1,970 KWD
1,975 KWD
1,980 KWD
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1,995 KWD
2,000 KWD
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 9524217
46.6%
1
Canada
KWD 8301620
53.5%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 12985108
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 12494366
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 12178366
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 12140841
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 11807335
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 11602445
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 10977146
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 10867664
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 10816895
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 10709674
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 9819931
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 9817975
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 17844454
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 17845617
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 17667644
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16956428
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 16956428
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 16420962
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 13386739
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 13386712
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 10395420
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 8931950
50.0%
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%.