1,674 KWD income tax calculator 2025 - Kuwait

Salary rate

Annual

Month

Semimonthly

Weekly

Day

Hour

Withholding

Salary

1,674 KWD

Pension

- 134 KWD

Social Security

** - 37.50 KWD

Unemployment

- 8.37 KWD

Total tax

- 180 KWD

Net pay

* 1,494 KWD

Marginal tax rate

8.5%

Average tax rate

10.7%

89.3%

Net pay

10.7%

Total tax

Net pay

The Taxberg

1,494 KWD

Net pay

201 KWD

Tax the employer pays

180 KWD

Tax you pay

Total tax paid

381 KWD

Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 201 KWD to pay you 1,674 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.27 KWD goes to the government.

Real tax rate

20.3%

So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.7% tax rate now rises to 20.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.

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Summary

If you make 20,088 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,157 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 17,931 KWD per year, or 1,494 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.7% 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

Tax per income

Europe

Russia

KWD 17477

13.0%

1

Switzerland

KWD 16464

18.0%

2

Hungary

KWD 16372

18.5%

3

Ukraine

KWD 16171

19.5%

4

Czech Republic

KWD 15262

24.0%

5

United Kingdom

KWD 15021

25.2%

6

France

KWD 14701

26.8%

7

Norway

KWD 14343

28.6%

8

Ireland

KWD 14092

29.9%

9

Spain

KWD 13975

30.4%

10

Denmark

KWD 13428

33.2%

11

Austria

KWD 12989

35.3%

12

Sweden

KWD 12976

35.4%

13

Luxembourg

KWD 12868

35.9%

14

Netherlands

KWD 12641

37.1%

15

Poland

KWD 12408

38.2%

16

Greece

KWD 12306

38.7%

17

Germany

KWD 11990

40.3%

18

Romania

KWD 11751

41.5%

19

Finland

KWD 11398

43.3%

20

Italy

KWD 11258

44.0%

21

Portugal

KWD 10790

46.3%

22

Belgium

KWD 9194

54.2%

23

North America

USA

KWD 15266

24.0%

1

Canada

KWD 14188

29.4%

2

Asia / Pacific

Hong Kong

KWD 17681

12.0%

1

Taiwan

KWD 16965

15.6%

2

Kazakhstan

KWD 16191

19.4%

3

Thailand

KWD 16082

19.9%

4

Singapore

KWD 15814

21.3%

5

South Korea

KWD 15698

21.9%

6

Australia

KWD 15075

25.0%

7

New Zealand

KWD 14839

26.1%

8

Japan

KWD 14755

26.6%

9

Indonesia

KWD 14720

26.7%

10

Pakistan

KWD 14429

28.2%

11

China

KWD 14300

28.8%

12

Malaysia

KWD 14162

29.5%

13

Philippines

KWD 14009

30.3%

14

Vietnam

KWD 13561

32.5%

15

India

KWD 11564

42.4%

16

Latin America

Guatemala

KWD 18018

10.3%

1

Chile

KWD 16517

17.8%

2

Costa Rica

KWD 16262

19.1%

3

Puerto Rico

KWD 15916

20.8%

4

Panama

KWD 15450

23.1%

5

Ecuador

KWD 15356

23.6%

6

Brazil

KWD 14736

26.6%

7

Peru

KWD 14722

26.7%

8

Colombia

KWD 14711

26.8%

9

Uruguay

KWD 14632

27.2%

10

Mexico

KWD 14252

29.1%

11

Argentina

KWD 13055

35.0%

12

Africa

Angola

KWD 14667

27.0%

1

Kenya

KWD 14217

29.2%

2

Mozambique

KWD 13735

31.6%

3

South Africa

KWD 13725

31.7%

4

Nigeria

KWD 13702

31.8%

5

Ghana

KWD 13594

32.3%

6

Ivory Coast

KWD 13341

33.6%

7

Morocco

KWD 12866

36.0%

8

Cameroon

KWD 12609

37.2%

9

Zambia

KWD 12444

38.1%

10

Senegal

KWD 12404

38.3%

11

Uganda

KWD 12144

39.6%

12

Middle East

United Arab Emirates

KWD 19084

5.0%

1

Qatar

KWD 19084

5.0%

2

Bahrain

KWD 18481

8.0%

3

Oman

KWD 18481

8.0%

4

Saudi Arabia

KWD 18079

10.0%

5

Kuwait

KWD 17931

10.7%

6

Egypt

KWD 15151

24.6%

7

Lebanon

KWD 15124

24.7%

8

Israel

KWD 14966

25.5%

9

Turkey

KWD 11758

41.5%

10

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%.

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