Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
319 KWD
Pension
- 25.52 KWD
Social Security
** - 7.98 KWD
Unemployment
- 1.60 KWD
Total tax
- 35.09 KWD
Net pay
*
284 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
284 KWD
Net pay
38.28 KWD
Tax the employer pays
35.09 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
73.37 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 38.28 KWD to pay you 319 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 3,828 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 421 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,407 KWD per year, or 284 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 3443
10.1%
1
Canada
KWD 2915
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
KWD 3796
0.8%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 3637
5.0%
2
Thailand
KWD 3572
6.7%
3
Taiwan
KWD 3489
8.9%
4
Pakistan
KWD 3402
11.1%
5
South Korea
KWD 3356
12.3%
6
Malaysia
KWD 3302
13.8%
7
New Zealand
KWD 3284
14.2%
8
Indonesia
KWD 3271
14.6%
9
Philippines
KWD 3180
16.9%
10
Japan
KWD 3111
18.7%
11
Singapore
KWD 3064
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
KWD 3032
20.8%
13
Vietnam
KWD 2981
22.1%
14
India
KWD 2885
24.7%
15
China
KWD 2716
29.1%
16
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 3379
11.7%
1
Morocco
KWD 2936
23.3%
2
Mozambique
KWD 2925
23.6%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 2852
25.5%
4
Angola
KWD 2838
25.9%
5
Kenya
KWD 2835
25.9%
6
Ghana
KWD 2794
27.0%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2726
28.8%
8
Nigeria
KWD 2642
31.0%
9
Uganda
KWD 2578
32.6%
10
Senegal
KWD 2566
33.0%
11
Zambia
KWD 2444
36.2%
12
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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%.