Income tax calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,937 KWD
Pension
- 155 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 9.69 KWD
Total tax
- 202 KWD
Net pay
* 1,735 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.4%
89.6%
Net pay
10.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,735 KWD
Net pay
232 KWD
Tax the employer pays
202 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
435 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 232 KWD to pay you 1,937 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.24 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.4% tax rate now rises to 20.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make 23,244 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,426 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 20,818 KWD per year, or 1,735 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.4% 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
1,935 KWD
1,940 KWD
1,945 KWD
1,950 KWD
1,955 KWD
1,960 KWD
1,965 KWD
1,970 KWD
1,975 KWD
1,980 KWD
1,985 KWD
1,990 KWD
1,995 KWD
2,000 KWD
2,005 KWD
2,010 KWD
2,015 KWD
2,020 KWD
2,025 KWD
2,030 KWD
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 17285
25.6%
1
Canada
KWD 16112
30.7%
2
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%.