Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
216 KWD
Pension
- 17.28 KWD
Social Security
** - 5.40 KWD
Unemployment
- 1.08 KWD
Total tax
- 23.76 KWD
Net pay
*
192 KWD
Marginal tax rate
11.0%
Average tax rate
11.0%
89.0%
Net pay
11.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
192 KWD
Net pay
25.92 KWD
Tax the employer pays
23.76 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
49.68 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 25.92 KWD to pay you 216 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.30 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11% tax rate now rises to 20.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 2,592 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 285 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 2,307 KWD per year, or 192 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 11.0% and your marginal tax rate is 11.0%. 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 11 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 89 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 890 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 4,450 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 2358
9.0%
1
Canada
KWD 1999
22.9%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
KWD 2386
8.0%
1
Colombia
KWD 2385
8.0%
2
Ecuador
KWD 2347
9.5%
3
Guatemala
KWD 2343
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
KWD 2320
10.5%
5
Panama
KWD 2307
11.0%
6
Peru
KWD 2268
12.5%
7
Mexico
KWD 2233
13.9%
8
Brazil
KWD 2210
14.7%
9
Chile
KWD 2136
17.6%
10
Uruguay
KWD 2071
20.1%
11
Argentina
KWD 1683
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 2379
8.2%
1
Morocco
KWD 2136
17.6%
2
Mozambique
KWD 2035
21.5%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 2003
22.7%
4
Cameroon
KWD 1998
22.9%
5
Kenya
KWD 1973
23.9%
6
Angola
KWD 1935
25.4%
7
Ghana
KWD 1918
26.0%
8
Nigeria
KWD 1801
30.5%
9
Uganda
KWD 1775
31.5%
10
Senegal
KWD 1766
31.9%
11
Zambia
KWD 1720
33.7%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2462
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 2462
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 2385
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 2385
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 2333
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 2307
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 2251
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 2028
21.8%
8
Lebanon
KWD 2002
22.8%
9
Turkey
KWD 1539
40.6%
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%.