Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
312 KWD
Pension
- 24.96 KWD
Social Security
** - 7.80 KWD
Unemployment
- 1.56 KWD
Total tax
- 34.32 KWD
Net pay
*
278 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
278 KWD
Net pay
37.44 KWD
Tax the employer pays
34.32 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
71.76 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 37.44 KWD to pay you 312 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 3,744 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 412 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,332 KWD per year, or 278 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
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
KWD 3744
0.0%
1
Ireland
KWD 3744
0.0%
2
Spain
KWD 3506
6.4%
3
Switzerland
KWD 3481
7.0%
4
France
KWD 3371
10.0%
5
Norway
KWD 3356
10.4%
6
Italy
KWD 3333
11.0%
7
Luxembourg
KWD 3300
11.9%
8
Russia
KWD 3257
13.0%
9
Austria
KWD 3183
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
KWD 3168
15.4%
11
Hungary
KWD 3051
18.5%
12
Ukraine
KWD 3014
19.5%
13
Germany
KWD 3007
19.7%
14
Greece
KWD 2920
22.0%
15
Sweden
KWD 2902
22.5%
16
Poland
KWD 2773
25.9%
17
Portugal
KWD 2655
29.1%
18
Finland
KWD 2593
30.8%
19
Belgium
KWD 2546
32.0%
20
Denmark
KWD 2500
33.2%
21
Netherlands
KWD 2356
37.1%
22
Romania
KWD 2190
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 3370
10.0%
1
Canada
KWD 2853
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
KWD 3725
0.5%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3557
5.0%
2
Thailand
KWD 3497
6.6%
3
Taiwan
KWD 3413
8.9%
4
Pakistan
KWD 3336
10.9%
5
South Korea
KWD 3284
12.3%
6
Malaysia
KWD 3234
13.6%
7
New Zealand
KWD 3216
14.1%
8
Indonesia
KWD 3202
14.5%
9
Philippines
KWD 3117
16.8%
10
Japan
KWD 3042
18.7%
11
Singapore
KWD 2997
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
KWD 2965
20.8%
13
Vietnam
KWD 2921
22.0%
14
India
KWD 2837
24.2%
15
China
KWD 2657
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
KWD 3447
7.9%
1
Colombia
KWD 3395
9.3%
2
Ecuador
KWD 3387
9.6%
3
Guatemala
KWD 3385
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
KWD 3351
10.5%
5
Panama
KWD 3327
11.1%
6
Mexico
KWD 3107
17.0%
7
Chile
KWD 3081
17.7%
8
Uruguay
KWD 2991
20.1%
9
Brazil
KWD 2968
20.7%
10
Peru
KWD 2930
21.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 2431
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 3313
11.5%
1
Morocco
KWD 2881
23.0%
2
Mozambique
KWD 2865
23.5%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 2796
25.3%
4
Angola
KWD 2776
25.8%
5
Kenya
KWD 2776
25.9%
6
Ghana
KWD 2734
27.0%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2677
28.5%
8
Nigeria
KWD 2585
31.0%
9
Uganda
KWD 2524
32.6%
10
Senegal
KWD 2511
32.9%
11
Zambia
KWD 2392
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 3557
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 3557
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3444
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 3444
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3370
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 3332
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 3252
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 2893
22.7%
8
Lebanon
KWD 2866
23.5%
9
Turkey
KWD 2118
43.4%
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%.