Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,975,344,480 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
1,975,344,209 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,975,344,209 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 1,975,344,480 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 23,704,133,760 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 23,704,130,505 KWD per year, or 1,975,344,209 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.4% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. 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 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 12634314062
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 11015412953
53.5%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 17244757364
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 16592893787
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 16173922702
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 16123551822
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 15680284788
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 15407687622
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 14578042352
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 14432262218
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 14364421302
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 14222480607
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 13037276619
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 0
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 23467089683
1.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 23704130505
1.4%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 23704129342
1.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 22518927072
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 22518927072
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 21807803059
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 17778100405
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 13805524602
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 11852074394
50.0%
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%.