Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,559 KWD
Pension
- 125 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 7.80 KWD
Total tax
- 170 KWD
Net pay
*
1,389 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.9%
89.1%
Net pay
10.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,389 KWD
Net pay
187 KWD
Tax the employer pays
170 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
357 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 187 KWD to pay you 1,559 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.29 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.9% tax rate now rises to 20.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 18,708 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,040 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 16,668 KWD per year, or 1,389 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.9% and your marginal tax rate is 8.5%. 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 8.50 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 91.50 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 915 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 4,575 KWD of net incomes.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 14383
23.1%
1
Canada
KWD 13251
29.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 16535
11.6%
1
Taiwan
KWD 15881
15.1%
2
Thailand
KWD 15116
19.2%
3
Kazakhstan
KWD 15073
19.4%
4
South Korea
KWD 14713
21.4%
5
Singapore
KWD 14593
22.0%
6
Australia
KWD 14171
24.3%
7
New Zealand
KWD 13934
25.5%
8
Indonesia
KWD 13787
26.3%
9
Japan
KWD 13774
26.4%
10
Pakistan
KWD 13532
27.7%
11
Malaysia
KWD 13272
29.1%
12
China
KWD 13265
29.1%
13
Philippines
KWD 13107
29.9%
14
Vietnam
KWD 12664
32.3%
15
India
KWD 11019
41.1%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 16796
10.2%
1
Chile
KWD 15455
17.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 15274
18.4%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 14995
19.9%
4
Panama
KWD 14529
22.3%
5
Ecuador
KWD 14483
22.6%
6
Peru
KWD 13822
26.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 13808
26.2%
8
Brazil
KWD 13736
26.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 13650
27.0%
10
Mexico
KWD 13363
28.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 12158
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 17773
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 17773
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 17211
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 17211
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 16837
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 16668
10.9%
6
Israel
KWD 14129
24.5%
7
Egypt
KWD 14116
24.6%
8
Lebanon
KWD 14089
24.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 10954
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%.
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%.