Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,573 KWD
Pension
- 126 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 7.87 KWD
Total tax
- 171 KWD
Net pay
*
1,402 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
1,402 KWD
Net pay
189 KWD
Tax the employer pays
171 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
360 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 189 KWD to pay you 1,573 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 18,876 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,054 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 16,822 KWD per year, or 1,402 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 14490
23.2%
1
Canada
KWD 13366
29.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 16675
11.7%
1
Taiwan
KWD 16013
15.2%
2
Thailand
KWD 15233
19.3%
3
Kazakhstan
KWD 15209
19.4%
4
South Korea
KWD 14833
21.4%
5
Singapore
KWD 14742
21.9%
6
Australia
KWD 14281
24.3%
7
New Zealand
KWD 14044
25.6%
8
Indonesia
KWD 13901
26.4%
9
Japan
KWD 13895
26.4%
10
Pakistan
KWD 13641
27.7%
11
China
KWD 13391
29.1%
12
Malaysia
KWD 13380
29.1%
13
Philippines
KWD 13217
30.0%
14
Vietnam
KWD 12773
32.3%
15
India
KWD 11071
41.4%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 16945
10.2%
1
Chile
KWD 15584
17.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 15394
18.4%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 15108
20.0%
4
Panama
KWD 14641
22.4%
5
Ecuador
KWD 14589
22.7%
6
Peru
KWD 13936
26.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 13917
26.3%
8
Brazil
KWD 13857
26.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 13770
27.1%
10
Mexico
KWD 13472
28.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 12267
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 13785
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 13369
29.2%
2
South Africa
KWD 13010
31.1%
3
Mozambique
KWD 12948
31.4%
4
Nigeria
KWD 12878
31.8%
5
Ghana
KWD 12792
32.2%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 12514
33.7%
7
Morocco
KWD 12132
35.7%
8
Cameroon
KWD 11871
37.1%
9
Zambia
KWD 11698
38.0%
10
Senegal
KWD 11676
38.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 11477
39.2%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 17932
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 17932
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 17366
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 17366
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 16988
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 16822
10.9%
6
Egypt
KWD 14242
24.6%
7
Israel
KWD 14231
24.6%
8
Lebanon
KWD 14215
24.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 11052
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%.