Income tax calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,654 KWD
Pension
- 212 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.27 KWD
Total tax
- 263 KWD
Net pay
* 2,391 KWD
Marginal tax rate
8.5%
Average tax rate
9.9%
90.1%
Net pay
9.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,391 KWD
Net pay
318 KWD
Tax the employer pays
263 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
582 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 318 KWD to pay you 2,654 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.19 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.9% tax rate now rises to 19.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make 31,848 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,157 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 28,691 KWD per year, or 2,391 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 9.9% 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
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 22780
28.5%
1
Canada
KWD 20983
34.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 28426
10.7%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 24682
22.5%
2
Chile
KWD 24666
22.6%
3
Uruguay
KWD 23477
26.3%
4
Colombia
KWD 23367
26.6%
5
Panama
KWD 23300
26.8%
6
Brazil
KWD 23262
27.0%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 22895
28.1%
8
Ecuador
KWD 22317
29.9%
9
Peru
KWD 21925
31.2%
10
Mexico
KWD 21914
31.2%
11
Argentina
KWD 20699
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 30256
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 30256
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 29300
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 29300
8.0%
4
Kuwait
KWD 28691
9.9%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 28663
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 23971
24.7%
7
Lebanon
KWD 23944
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 21776
31.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 18607
41.6%
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%.