Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,661 KWD
Pension
- 213 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.31 KWD
Total tax
- 264 KWD
Net pay
*
2,397 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
2,397 KWD
Net pay
319 KWD
Tax the employer pays
264 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
583 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 319 KWD to pay you 2,661 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.
Summary
If you make 31,932 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,164 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 28,768 KWD per year, or 2,397 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
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 22832
28.5%
1
Canada
KWD 21030
34.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 27511
13.8%
1
Kazakhstan
KWD 26651
16.5%
2
Singapore
KWD 26143
18.1%
3
Taiwan
KWD 25622
19.8%
4
Thailand
KWD 24372
23.7%
5
China
KWD 24045
24.7%
6
South Korea
KWD 23207
27.3%
7
Indonesia
KWD 22727
28.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 22690
28.9%
9
Australia
KWD 22482
29.6%
10
Japan
KWD 22252
30.3%
11
Pakistan
KWD 22128
30.7%
12
Malaysia
KWD 21784
31.8%
13
Philippines
KWD 21747
31.9%
14
Vietnam
KWD 21259
33.4%
15
India
KWD 17922
43.9%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 28501
10.8%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 24742
22.5%
2
Chile
KWD 24721
22.6%
3
Uruguay
KWD 23535
26.3%
4
Colombia
KWD 23428
26.6%
5
Panama
KWD 23356
26.9%
6
Brazil
KWD 23323
27.0%
7
Puerto Rico
KWD 22945
28.1%
8
Ecuador
KWD 22366
30.0%
9
Peru
KWD 21977
31.2%
10
Mexico
KWD 21969
31.2%
11
Argentina
KWD 20754
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 23284
27.1%
1
Kenya
KWD 22508
29.5%
2
Nigeria
KWD 21758
31.9%
3
Mozambique
KWD 21434
32.9%
4
Ghana
KWD 21429
32.9%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 21423
32.9%
6
South Africa
KWD 20614
35.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 20043
37.2%
8
Cameroon
KWD 19820
37.9%
9
Zambia
KWD 19728
38.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 19510
38.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 18658
41.6%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 30335
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 30335
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 29377
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 29377
8.0%
4
Kuwait
KWD 28768
9.9%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 28739
10.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 24034
24.7%
7
Lebanon
KWD 24007
24.8%
8
Israel
KWD 21824
31.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 18656
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%.
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%.