Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,755 KWD
Pension
- 140 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 8.78 KWD
Total tax
- 187 KWD
Net pay
*
1,568 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.6%
89.4%
Net pay
10.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,568 KWD
Net pay
211 KWD
Tax the employer pays
187 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
397 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 211 KWD to pay you 1,755 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.26 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.6% tax rate now rises to 20.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 21,060 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,240 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 18,820 KWD per year, or 1,568 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.6% 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 15888
24.6%
1
Canada
KWD 14821
29.6%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 18878
10.4%
1
Chile
KWD 17261
18.0%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 16958
19.5%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 16493
21.7%
4
Panama
KWD 16099
23.6%
5
Ecuador
KWD 15955
24.2%
6
Brazil
KWD 15441
26.7%
7
Colombia
KWD 15349
27.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 15324
27.2%
9
Peru
KWD 15318
27.3%
10
Mexico
KWD 14867
29.4%
11
Argentina
KWD 13687
35.0%
12
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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%.