Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,864 KWD
Pension
- 149 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 9.32 KWD
Total tax
- 196 KWD
Net pay
*
1,668 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.5%
89.5%
Net pay
10.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,668 KWD
Net pay
224 KWD
Tax the employer pays
196 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
420 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 224 KWD to pay you 1,864 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.25 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.5% tax rate now rises to 20.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 22,368 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,351 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 20,017 KWD per year, or 1,668 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.5% 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 16725
25.2%
1
Canada
KWD 15614
30.2%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 16326
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 15813
29.3%
2
Nigeria
KWD 15253
31.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 15217
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 15102
32.5%
5
South Africa
KWD 15070
32.6%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 14897
33.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 14248
36.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 13997
37.4%
9
Zambia
KWD 13846
38.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 13772
38.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 13398
40.1%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 21250
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 21250
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 20579
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 20579
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 20131
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 20017
10.5%
6
Egypt
KWD 16861
24.6%
7
Lebanon
KWD 16834
24.7%
8
Israel
KWD 16337
27.0%
9
Turkey
KWD 13086
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%.