Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20,718 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
20,447 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
1.3%
98.7%
Net pay
1.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
20,447 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 20,718 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.29 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.3% tax rate now rises to 2.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 248,616 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 245,361 KWD per year, or 20,447 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.3% 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
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 216296
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 202622
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 200136
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 191110
23.1%
4
Romania
KWD 145440
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 143936
42.1%
6
Switzerland
KWD 140584
43.5%
7
Greece
KWD 139856
43.8%
8
United Kingdom
KWD 135492
45.5%
9
Norway
KWD 135109
45.7%
10
Spain
KWD 134204
46.0%
11
Austria
KWD 133325
46.4%
12
Luxembourg
KWD 131961
46.9%
13
Denmark
KWD 131305
47.2%
14
Netherlands
KWD 128368
48.4%
15
Sweden
KWD 127262
48.8%
16
Germany
KWD 124690
49.9%
17
Ireland
KWD 123883
50.2%
18
France
KWD 115571
53.5%
19
Italy
KWD 115053
53.7%
20
Finland
KWD 96241
61.3%
21
Belgium
KWD 94601
62.0%
22
Portugal
KWD 92245
62.9%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 143280
42.4%
1
Canada
KWD 122711
50.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 221667
10.8%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 207359
16.6%
2
Singapore
KWD 196550
20.9%
3
Indonesia
KWD 169205
31.9%
4
Thailand
KWD 165832
33.3%
5
Pakistan
KWD 162972
34.5%
6
Vietnam
KWD 162104
34.8%
7
Taiwan
KWD 156906
36.9%
8
Philippines
KWD 156509
37.1%
9
New Zealand
KWD 154925
37.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 152648
38.6%
11
China
KWD 145459
41.5%
12
Japan
KWD 142098
42.8%
13
South Korea
KWD 139056
44.1%
14
Australia
KWD 137666
44.6%
15
India
KWD 95587
61.6%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 220284
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 180419
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 170361
31.5%
3
Panama
KWD 167992
32.4%
4
Mexico
KWD 163080
34.4%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 162476
34.7%
6
Argentina
KWD 161598
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 159375
35.9%
8
Colombia
KWD 158886
36.1%
9
Chile
KWD 156656
37.0%
10
Peru
KWD 154696
37.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 146013
41.3%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 245361
1.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 244198
1.8%
2
Bahrain
KWD 243390
2.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 236185
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 236185
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 228727
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 186547
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 186520
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 144855
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 131822
47.0%
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%.