Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,887 KWD
Pension
- 151 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 9.44 KWD
Total tax
- 198 KWD
Net pay
*
1,689 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
1,689 KWD
Net pay
226 KWD
Tax the employer pays
198 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
424 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 226 KWD to pay you 1,887 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 22,644 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,375 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 20,269 KWD per year, or 1,689 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 16901
25.4%
1
Canada
KWD 15771
30.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 19802
12.6%
1
Taiwan
KWD 19000
16.1%
2
Kazakhstan
KWD 18295
19.2%
3
Singapore
KWD 18076
20.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 17871
21.1%
5
South Korea
KWD 17515
22.7%
6
Australia
KWD 16749
26.0%
7
China
KWD 16533
27.0%
8
New Zealand
KWD 16516
27.1%
9
Indonesia
KWD 16448
27.4%
10
Japan
KWD 16415
27.5%
11
Pakistan
KWD 16091
28.9%
12
Malaysia
KWD 15810
30.2%
13
Philippines
KWD 15679
30.8%
14
Vietnam
KWD 15222
32.8%
15
India
KWD 12937
42.9%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 20280
10.4%
1
Chile
KWD 18419
18.7%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 18092
20.1%
3
Puerto Rico
KWD 17433
23.0%
4
Panama
KWD 17156
24.2%
5
Ecuador
KWD 16900
25.4%
6
Brazil
KWD 16589
26.7%
7
Colombia
KWD 16526
27.0%
8
Uruguay
KWD 16451
27.4%
9
Peru
KWD 16288
28.1%
10
Mexico
KWD 15868
29.9%
11
Argentina
KWD 14716
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 16527
27.0%
1
Kenya
KWD 16006
29.3%
2
Nigeria
KWD 15441
31.8%
3
Mozambique
KWD 15397
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 15285
32.5%
5
South Africa
KWD 15233
32.7%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 15085
33.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 14415
36.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 14165
37.5%
9
Zambia
KWD 14016
38.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 13937
38.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 13550
40.2%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 21512
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 21512
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 20832
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 20832
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 20380
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 20269
10.5%
6
Egypt
KWD 17068
24.6%
7
Lebanon
KWD 17041
24.7%
8
Israel
KWD 16503
27.1%
9
Turkey
KWD 13247
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%.