Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,562 KWD
Pension
- 125 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 7.81 KWD
Total tax
- 170 KWD
Net pay
*
1,392 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
1,392 KWD
Net pay
187 KWD
Tax the employer pays
170 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
358 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 187 KWD to pay you 1,562 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
20.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.9% tax rate now rises to 20.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 18,744 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,043 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 16,701 KWD per year, or 1,392 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 14406
23.1%
1
Canada
KWD 13275
29.2%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 16828
10.2%
1
Chile
KWD 15483
17.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 15300
18.4%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 15019
19.9%
4
Panama
KWD 14553
22.4%
5
Ecuador
KWD 14506
22.6%
6
Peru
KWD 13846
26.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 13831
26.2%
8
Brazil
KWD 13762
26.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 13676
27.0%
10
Mexico
KWD 13386
28.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 12181
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 17807
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 17807
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 17244
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 17244
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 16870
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 16701
10.9%
6
Israel
KWD 14150
24.5%
7
Egypt
KWD 14143
24.6%
8
Lebanon
KWD 14116
24.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 10975
41.5%
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%.