1,491 KWD income tax calculator 2025 - Kuwait

Salary rate

Annual

Month

Semimonthly

Weekly

Day

Hour

Withholding

Salary

1,491 KWD

Pension

- 119 KWD

Social Security

** - 37.28 KWD

Unemployment

- 7.46 KWD

Total tax

- 164 KWD

Net pay

* 1,327 KWD

Marginal tax rate

11.0%

Average tax rate

11.0%

89.0%

Net pay

11.0%

Total tax

Net pay

The Taxberg

1,327 KWD

Net pay

179 KWD

Tax the employer pays

164 KWD

Tax you pay

Total tax paid

343 KWD

Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 179 KWD to pay you 1,491 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 17,892 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,968 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,924 KWD per year, or 1,327 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 15566

13.0%

1

Switzerland

KWD 14874

16.9%

2

Hungary

KWD 14582

18.5%

3

Ukraine

KWD 14403

19.5%

4

Czech Republic

KWD 13637

23.8%

5

United Kingdom

KWD 13591

24.0%

6

France

KWD 13311

25.6%

7

Norway

KWD 13086

26.9%

8

Ireland

KWD 12961

27.6%

9

Spain

KWD 12600

29.6%

10

Denmark

KWD 12013

32.9%

11

Sweden

KWD 11877

33.6%

12

Luxembourg

KWD 11862

33.7%

13

Austria

KWD 11850

33.8%

14

Netherlands

KWD 11260

37.1%

15

Greece

KWD 11250

37.1%

16

Poland

KWD 11144

37.7%

17

Germany

KWD 10909

39.0%

18

Romania

KWD 10467

41.5%

19

Finland

KWD 10370

42.0%

20

Italy

KWD 10218

42.9%

21

Portugal

KWD 9824

45.1%

22

Belgium

KWD 8384

53.1%

23

North America

USA

KWD 13861

22.5%

1

Canada

KWD 12691

29.1%

2

Asia / Pacific

Hong Kong

KWD 15858

11.4%

1

Taiwan

KWD 15241

14.8%

2

Thailand

KWD 14539

18.7%

3

Kazakhstan

KWD 14412

19.5%

4

South Korea

KWD 14130

21.0%

5

Singapore

KWD 13849

22.6%

6

Australia

KWD 13636

23.8%

7

New Zealand

KWD 13398

25.1%

8

Indonesia

KWD 13235

26.0%

9

Japan

KWD 13182

26.3%

10

Pakistan

KWD 13002

27.3%

11

Malaysia

KWD 12743

28.8%

12

China

KWD 12653

29.3%

13

Philippines

KWD 12574

29.7%

14

Vietnam

KWD 12133

32.2%

15

India

KWD 10794

39.7%

16

Latin America

Guatemala

KWD 16074

10.2%

1

Chile

KWD 14826

17.1%

2

Costa Rica

KWD 14676

18.0%

3

Puerto Rico

KWD 14445

19.3%

4

Panama

KWD 13973

21.9%

5

Ecuador

KWD 13901

22.3%

6

Colombia

KWD 13275

25.8%

7

Peru

KWD 13256

25.9%

8

Brazil

KWD 13144

26.5%

9

Uruguay

KWD 12846

28.2%

10

Mexico

KWD 12831

28.3%

11

Argentina

KWD 11628

35.0%

12

Africa

Angola

KWD 13070

27.0%

1

Kenya

KWD 12680

29.1%

2

South Africa

KWD 12429

30.5%

3

Mozambique

KWD 12308

31.2%

4

Nigeria

KWD 12208

31.8%

5

Ghana

KWD 12141

32.1%

6

Ivory Coast

KWD 11843

33.8%

7

Morocco

KWD 11535

35.5%

8

Cameroon

KWD 11271

37.0%

9

Zambia

KWD 11093

38.0%

10

Senegal

KWD 11086

38.0%

11

Uganda

KWD 10936

38.9%

12

Middle East

United Arab Emirates

KWD 16997

5.0%

1

Qatar

KWD 16997

5.0%

2

Bahrain

KWD 16461

8.0%

3

Oman

KWD 16461

8.0%

4

Saudi Arabia

KWD 16103

10.0%

5

Kuwait

KWD 15924

11.0%

6

Israel

KWD 13633

23.8%

7

Egypt

KWD 13504

24.5%

8

Lebanon

KWD 13477

24.7%

9

Turkey

KWD 10479

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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