Income tax calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,472 KWD
Pension
- 198 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 12.36 KWD
Total tax
- 248 KWD
Net pay
* 2,224 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
10.0%
90.0%
Net pay
10.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,224 KWD
Net pay
297 KWD
Tax the employer pays
248 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
544 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 297 KWD to pay you 2,472 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.20 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% tax rate now rises to 19.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make 29,664 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,971 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 26,693 KWD per year, or 2,224 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.0% 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.
Tax per income
1,905 KWD
1,910 KWD
1,915 KWD
1,920 KWD
1,925 KWD
1,930 KWD
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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 21405
27.8%
1
Canada
KWD 19747
33.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 26493
10.7%
1
Chile
KWD 23247
21.6%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 23119
22.1%
3
Uruguay
KWD 21964
26.0%
4
Panama
KWD 21842
26.4%
5
Colombia
KWD 21756
26.7%
6
Brazil
KWD 21679
26.9%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 21599
27.2%
8
Ecuador
KWD 21031
29.1%
9
Peru
KWD 20588
30.6%
10
Mexico
KWD 20473
31.0%
11
Argentina
KWD 19279
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 21634
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 20920
29.5%
2
Nigeria
KWD 20216
31.9%
3
Mozambique
KWD 19960
32.7%
4
Ghana
KWD 19929
32.8%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 19875
33.0%
6
South Africa
KWD 19366
34.7%
7
Morocco
KWD 18669
37.1%
8
Cameroon
KWD 18439
37.8%
9
Zambia
KWD 18333
38.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 18149
38.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 17411
41.3%
12
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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%.