Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
253 KWD
Pension
- 20.24 KWD
Social Security
** - 6.33 KWD
Unemployment
- 1.27 KWD
Total tax
- 27.83 KWD
Net pay
*
225 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
225 KWD
Net pay
30.36 KWD
Tax the employer pays
27.83 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
58.19 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 30.36 KWD to pay you 253 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 3,036 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 334 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 2,702 KWD per year, or 225 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 2748
9.5%
1
Canada
KWD 2328
23.3%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
KWD 2795
7.9%
1
Colombia
KWD 2793
8.0%
2
Ecuador
KWD 2749
9.5%
3
Guatemala
KWD 2745
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
KWD 2717
10.5%
5
Panama
KWD 2702
11.0%
6
Mexico
KWD 2569
15.4%
7
Brazil
KWD 2513
17.2%
8
Chile
KWD 2502
17.6%
9
Peru
KWD 2460
19.0%
10
Uruguay
KWD 2426
20.1%
11
Argentina
KWD 1971
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 2884
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 2884
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 2793
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 2793
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 2732
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 2702
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 2637
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 2362
22.2%
8
Lebanon
KWD 2335
23.1%
9
Turkey
KWD 1762
42.0%
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%.