Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,775 KWD
Pension
- 142 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 8.88 KWD
Total tax
- 188 KWD
Net pay
*
1,587 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
1,587 KWD
Net pay
213 KWD
Tax the employer pays
188 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
401 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 213 KWD to pay you 1,775 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 21,300 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,261 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 19,040 KWD per year, or 1,587 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 16041
24.7%
1
Canada
KWD 14970
29.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 18686
12.3%
1
Taiwan
KWD 17925
15.9%
2
Kazakhstan
KWD 17173
19.4%
3
Thailand
KWD 16930
20.5%
4
Singapore
KWD 16887
20.7%
5
South Korea
KWD 16561
22.3%
6
Australia
KWD 15869
25.5%
7
New Zealand
KWD 15634
26.6%
8
Japan
KWD 15566
26.9%
9
Indonesia
KWD 15540
27.0%
10
China
KWD 15417
27.6%
11
Pakistan
KWD 15217
28.6%
12
Malaysia
KWD 14944
29.8%
13
Philippines
KWD 14801
30.5%
14
Vietnam
KWD 14349
32.6%
15
India
KWD 12215
42.7%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 19090
10.4%
1
Chile
KWD 17444
18.1%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 17130
19.6%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 16635
21.9%
4
Panama
KWD 16259
23.7%
5
Ecuador
KWD 16103
24.4%
6
Brazil
KWD 15615
26.7%
7
Colombia
KWD 15515
27.2%
8
Uruguay
KWD 15495
27.3%
9
Peru
KWD 15465
27.4%
10
Mexico
KWD 15019
29.5%
11
Argentina
KWD 13843
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 15549
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 15065
29.3%
2
Nigeria
KWD 14526
31.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 14523
31.8%
4
South Africa
KWD 14440
32.2%
5
Ghana
KWD 14396
32.4%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 14168
33.5%
7
Morocco
KWD 13601
36.2%
8
Cameroon
KWD 13346
37.3%
9
Zambia
KWD 13189
38.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 13131
38.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 12811
39.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 20235
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 20235
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 19596
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 19596
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 19170
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 19040
10.6%
6
Egypt
KWD 16060
24.6%
7
Lebanon
KWD 16033
24.7%
8
Israel
KWD 15696
26.3%
9
Turkey
KWD 12464
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%.