Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
353 KWD
Pension
- 28.24 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.83 KWD
Unemployment
- 1.77 KWD
Total tax
- 38.83 KWD
Net pay
*
314 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
314 KWD
Net pay
42.36 KWD
Tax the employer pays
38.83 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
81.19 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 42.36 KWD to pay you 353 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 4,236 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 466 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,770 KWD per year, or 314 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 4236
0.0%
1
Ireland
KWD 4236
0.0%
2
Spain
KWD 3967
6.4%
3
Switzerland
KWD 3940
7.0%
4
France
KWD 3773
10.9%
5
Norway
KWD 3750
11.5%
6
Luxembourg
KWD 3693
12.8%
7
Russia
KWD 3685
13.0%
8
Italy
KWD 3632
14.3%
9
Austria
KWD 3602
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
KWD 3532
16.6%
11
Hungary
KWD 3452
18.5%
12
Ukraine
KWD 3410
19.5%
13
Germany
KWD 3403
19.7%
14
Greece
KWD 3262
23.0%
15
Sweden
KWD 3234
23.7%
16
Poland
KWD 3087
27.1%
17
Portugal
KWD 2953
30.3%
18
Finland
KWD 2933
30.8%
19
Belgium
KWD 2880
32.0%
20
Denmark
KWD 2831
33.2%
21
Netherlands
KWD 2665
37.1%
22
Romania
KWD 2478
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 3777
10.8%
1
Canada
KWD 3218
24.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
KWD 4119
2.8%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 4024
5.0%
2
Thailand
KWD 3936
7.1%
3
Taiwan
KWD 3861
8.9%
4
Pakistan
KWD 3721
12.2%
5
South Korea
KWD 3704
12.6%
6
Malaysia
KWD 3631
14.3%
7
New Zealand
KWD 3615
14.7%
8
Indonesia
KWD 3607
14.8%
9
Philippines
KWD 3475
18.0%
10
Japan
KWD 3440
18.8%
11
Singapore
KWD 3390
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
KWD 3357
20.8%
13
Vietnam
KWD 3273
22.7%
14
India
KWD 3116
26.4%
15
China
KWD 3000
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
KWD 3876
8.5%
1
Guatemala
KWD 3830
9.6%
2
Ecuador
KWD 3818
9.9%
3
Colombia
KWD 3815
9.9%
4
Costa Rica
KWD 3791
10.5%
5
Panama
KWD 3711
12.4%
6
Mexico
KWD 3480
17.9%
7
Chile
KWD 3470
18.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 3365
20.6%
9
Peru
KWD 3300
22.1%
10
Brazil
KWD 3274
22.7%
11
Argentina
KWD 2751
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 3686
13.0%
1
Mozambique
KWD 3219
24.0%
2
Morocco
KWD 3199
24.5%
3
Angola
KWD 3135
26.0%
4
Kenya
KWD 3121
26.3%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 3120
26.3%
6
Ghana
KWD 3083
27.2%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2964
30.0%
8
Nigeria
KWD 2919
31.1%
9
Uganda
KWD 2844
32.9%
10
Senegal
KWD 2826
33.3%
11
Zambia
KWD 2695
36.4%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4024
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 4024
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3897
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 3897
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3812
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 3770
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 3679
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 3262
23.0%
8
Lebanon
KWD 3235
23.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 2344
44.7%
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%.