Income tax calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,489 KWD
Pension
- 119 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.23 KWD
Unemployment
- 7.45 KWD
Total tax
- 164 KWD
Net pay
* 1,325 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
1,325 KWD
Net pay
179 KWD
Tax the employer pays
164 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
342 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 179 KWD to pay you 1,489 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 17,868 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,965 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,903 KWD per year, or 1,325 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
Tax per income
1,485 KWD
1,490 KWD
1,495 KWD
1,500 KWD
1,505 KWD
1,510 KWD
1,515 KWD
1,520 KWD
1,525 KWD
1,530 KWD
1,535 KWD
1,540 KWD
1,545 KWD
1,550 KWD
1,555 KWD
1,560 KWD
1,565 KWD
1,570 KWD
1,575 KWD
1,580 KWD
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 13845
22.5%
1
Canada
KWD 12675
29.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 15838
11.4%
1
Taiwan
KWD 15222
14.8%
2
Thailand
KWD 14522
18.7%
3
Kazakhstan
KWD 14393
19.5%
4
South Korea
KWD 14113
21.0%
5
Singapore
KWD 13827
22.6%
6
Australia
KWD 13621
23.8%
7
New Zealand
KWD 13383
25.1%
8
Indonesia
KWD 13219
26.0%
9
Japan
KWD 13164
26.3%
10
Pakistan
KWD 12986
27.3%
11
Malaysia
KWD 12728
28.8%
12
China
KWD 12635
29.3%
13
Philippines
KWD 12559
29.7%
14
Vietnam
KWD 12118
32.2%
15
India
KWD 10788
39.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 16053
10.2%
1
Chile
KWD 14808
17.1%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 14658
18.0%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 14429
19.2%
4
Panama
KWD 13956
21.9%
5
Ecuador
KWD 13883
22.3%
6
Colombia
KWD 13260
25.8%
7
Peru
KWD 13239
25.9%
8
Brazil
KWD 13127
26.5%
9
Mexico
KWD 12816
28.3%
10
Uruguay
KWD 12809
28.3%
11
Argentina
KWD 11612
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 16975
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 16975
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 16439
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 16439
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 16081
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 15903
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 13618
23.8%
7
Egypt
KWD 13486
24.5%
8
Lebanon
KWD 13459
24.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 10465
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%.