Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,325 KWD
Pension
- 186 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 11.63 KWD
Total tax
- 235 KWD
Net pay
*
2,090 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.1%
89.9%
Net pay
10.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,090 KWD
Net pay
279 KWD
Tax the employer pays
235 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
514 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 279 KWD to pay you 2,325 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.21 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.1% tax rate now rises to 19.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 27,900 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,822 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 25,079 KWD per year, or 2,090 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.1% 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 20274
27.3%
1
Canada
KWD 18749
32.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 24164
13.4%
1
Kazakhstan
KWD 23022
17.5%
2
Taiwan
KWD 22799
18.3%
3
Singapore
KWD 22716
18.6%
4
Thailand
KWD 21550
22.8%
5
South Korea
KWD 20816
25.4%
6
China
KWD 20212
27.6%
7
Australia
KWD 20022
28.2%
8
Indonesia
KWD 20001
28.3%
9
New Zealand
KWD 19988
28.4%
10
Japan
KWD 19718
29.3%
11
Pakistan
KWD 19507
30.1%
12
Malaysia
KWD 19200
31.2%
13
Philippines
KWD 19113
31.5%
14
Vietnam
KWD 18639
33.2%
15
India
KWD 15758
43.5%
16
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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%.