Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
34,342 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
34,071 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.8%
99.2%
Net pay
0.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
34,071 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 34,342 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.18 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.8% tax rate now rises to 1.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 412,104 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 408,849 KWD per year, or 34,071 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.8% 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 230419
44.1%
1
Canada
KWD 198684
51.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 368806
10.5%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 343054
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 324071
21.4%
3
Indonesia
KWD 279723
32.1%
4
Thailand
KWD 272100
34.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 269240
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 268371
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 258008
37.4%
8
Taiwan
KWD 254998
38.1%
9
New Zealand
KWD 254652
38.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 249104
39.6%
11
China
KWD 235377
42.9%
12
Japan
KWD 230207
44.1%
13
Australia
KWD 224314
45.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 224280
45.6%
15
India
KWD 114399
72.2%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 364984
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 298948
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 280102
32.0%
3
Panama
KWD 277121
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 269348
34.6%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 268171
34.9%
6
Argentina
KWD 267865
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 258671
37.2%
8
Colombia
KWD 258610
37.3%
9
Peru
KWD 254832
38.2%
10
Chile
KWD 254749
38.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 239277
41.9%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 299859
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 288628
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 280823
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 280351
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 272913
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 268546
34.8%
6
Zambia
KWD 253534
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 251287
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 250423
39.2%
9
Senegal
KWD 247613
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 229708
44.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 227753
44.7%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 408849
0.8%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 407686
1.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 405243
1.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 391499
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 391499
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 379136
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 309163
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 309136
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 240072
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 213566
48.2%
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%.