Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
285,228 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
284,957 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.1%
99.9%
Net pay
0.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
284,957 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 285,228 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.02 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 3,422,736 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,419,481 KWD per year, or 284,957 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.1% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. 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 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 1835086
46.4%
1
Canada
KWD 1597737
53.3%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 2490094
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 2396071
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 2335053
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 2328183
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 2264446
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 2225457
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 2105072
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2084311
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 2074830
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 2053992
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1885556
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 1883600
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 3419481
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3418318
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3385769
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3251599
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 3251599
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 3148917
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 2567137
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 2567110
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1993494
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 1718882
49.8%
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%.