Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
356 KWD
Pension
- 28.48 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.90 KWD
Unemployment
- 1.78 KWD
Total tax
- 39.16 KWD
Net pay
*
317 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
317 KWD
Net pay
42.72 KWD
Tax the employer pays
39.16 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
81.88 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 42.72 KWD to pay you 356 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 4,272 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 470 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,802 KWD per year, or 317 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 3805
10.9%
1
Canada
KWD 3244
24.1%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 3712
13.1%
1
Mozambique
KWD 3245
24.0%
2
Morocco
KWD 3222
24.6%
3
Angola
KWD 3161
26.0%
4
Kenya
KWD 3146
26.4%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 3144
26.4%
6
Ghana
KWD 3108
27.2%
7
Cameroon
KWD 2986
30.1%
8
Nigeria
KWD 2944
31.1%
9
Uganda
KWD 2867
32.9%
10
Senegal
KWD 2849
33.3%
11
Zambia
KWD 2717
36.4%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4058
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 4058
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3930
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 3930
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3845
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 3802
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 3710
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 3289
23.0%
8
Lebanon
KWD 3262
23.6%
9
Turkey
KWD 2367
44.6%
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%.