Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
296 KWD
Pension
- 23.68 KWD
Social Security
** - 7.40 KWD
Unemployment
- 1.48 KWD
Total tax
- 32.56 KWD
Net pay
*
263 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
263 KWD
Net pay
35.52 KWD
Tax the employer pays
32.56 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
68.08 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 35.52 KWD to pay you 296 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 3,552 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 391 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,161 KWD per year, or 263 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 3201
9.9%
1
Canada
KWD 2711
23.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
KWD 3552
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3374
5.0%
2
Thailand
KWD 3324
6.4%
3
Taiwan
KWD 3238
8.9%
4
Pakistan
KWD 3185
10.3%
5
South Korea
KWD 3119
12.2%
6
Malaysia
KWD 3077
13.4%
7
New Zealand
KWD 3060
13.9%
8
Indonesia
KWD 3043
14.3%
9
Philippines
KWD 2973
16.3%
10
Japan
KWD 2886
18.7%
11
Singapore
KWD 2842
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
KWD 2813
20.8%
13
Vietnam
KWD 2783
21.6%
14
India
KWD 2717
23.5%
15
China
KWD 2523
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
KWD 3272
7.9%
1
Colombia
KWD 3231
9.0%
2
Ecuador
KWD 3215
9.5%
3
Guatemala
KWD 3211
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
KWD 3179
10.5%
5
Panama
KWD 3161
11.0%
6
Mexico
KWD 2961
16.6%
7
Chile
KWD 2927
17.6%
8
Brazil
KWD 2848
19.8%
9
Uruguay
KWD 2838
20.1%
10
Peru
KWD 2785
21.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 2307
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 3157
11.1%
1
Morocco
KWD 2758
22.4%
2
Mozambique
KWD 2727
23.2%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 2664
25.0%
4
Kenya
KWD 2642
25.6%
5
Angola
KWD 2637
25.8%
6
Ghana
KWD 2598
26.9%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2565
27.8%
8
Nigeria
KWD 2454
30.9%
9
Uganda
KWD 2399
32.5%
10
Senegal
KWD 2388
32.8%
11
Zambia
KWD 2274
36.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3374
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 3374
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3268
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 3268
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3197
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 3161
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 3085
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 2749
22.6%
8
Lebanon
KWD 2722
23.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 2021
43.1%
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%.