Income tax calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,820 KWD
Pension
- 146 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 9.10 KWD
Total tax
- 192 KWD
Net pay
* 1,628 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
1,628 KWD
Net pay
218 KWD
Tax the employer pays
192 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
411 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 218 KWD to pay you 1,820 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
20.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.6% tax rate now rises to 20.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make 21,840 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,306 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 19,534 KWD per year, or 1,628 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
Tax per income
1,825 KWD
1,830 KWD
1,835 KWD
1,840 KWD
1,845 KWD
1,850 KWD
1,855 KWD
1,860 KWD
1,865 KWD
1,870 KWD
1,875 KWD
1,880 KWD
1,885 KWD
1,890 KWD
1,895 KWD
1,900 KWD
1,905 KWD
1,910 KWD
1,915 KWD
1,920 KWD
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 16387
25.0%
1
Canada
KWD 15305
29.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 19568
10.4%
1
Chile
KWD 17857
18.2%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 17517
19.8%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 16956
22.4%
4
Panama
KWD 16619
23.9%
5
Ecuador
KWD 16426
24.8%
6
Brazil
KWD 16006
26.7%
7
Colombia
KWD 15921
27.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 15879
27.3%
9
Peru
KWD 15796
27.7%
10
Mexico
KWD 15360
29.7%
11
Argentina
KWD 14194
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 20748
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 20748
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 20093
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 20093
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 19656
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 19534
10.6%
6
Egypt
KWD 16465
24.6%
7
Lebanon
KWD 16438
24.7%
8
Israel
KWD 16020
26.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 12779
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%.