Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,575 KWD
Pension
- 126 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 7.88 KWD
Total tax
- 171 KWD
Net pay
*
1,404 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
1,404 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 1,575 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 18,900 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,057 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 16,844 KWD per year, or 1,404 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.
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 16443
13.0%
1
Switzerland
KWD 15610
17.4%
2
Hungary
KWD 15403
18.5%
3
Ukraine
KWD 15214
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
KWD 14383
23.9%
5
United Kingdom
KWD 14264
24.5%
6
France
KWD 13949
26.2%
7
Norway
KWD 13670
27.7%
8
Ireland
KWD 13480
28.7%
9
Spain
KWD 13231
30.0%
10
Denmark
KWD 12662
33.0%
11
Sweden
KWD 12382
34.5%
12
Austria
KWD 12373
34.5%
13
Luxembourg
KWD 12324
34.8%
14
Netherlands
KWD 11894
37.1%
15
Greece
KWD 11735
37.9%
16
Poland
KWD 11724
38.0%
17
Germany
KWD 11401
39.7%
18
Romania
KWD 11057
41.5%
19
Finland
KWD 10842
42.6%
20
Italy
KWD 10696
43.4%
21
Portugal
KWD 10267
45.7%
22
Belgium
KWD 8756
53.7%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 14506
23.3%
1
Canada
KWD 13382
29.2%
2
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%.