Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15,512 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
15,241 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
1.7%
98.3%
Net pay
1.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
15,241 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 15,512 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.39 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
3.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.7% tax rate now rises to 3.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 186,144 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 182,889 KWD per year, or 15,241 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.8% 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
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 109982
40.9%
1
Canada
KWD 93680
49.7%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 164991
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 135127
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 128427
31.0%
3
Panama
KWD 126292
32.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 122474
34.2%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 122088
34.4%
6
Uruguay
KWD 121432
34.8%
7
Argentina
KWD 120991
35.0%
8
Colombia
KWD 120780
35.1%
9
Chile
KWD 119173
36.0%
10
Peru
KWD 116432
37.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 110375
40.7%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 135473
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 130456
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 126653
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 126645
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 123440
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 121672
34.6%
6
Zambia
KWD 114568
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 113712
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 113494
39.0%
9
Senegal
KWD 112037
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 105430
43.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 103475
44.4%
12
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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%.