Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
359 KWD
Pension
- 28.72 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.98 KWD
Unemployment
- 1.80 KWD
Total tax
- 39.49 KWD
Net pay
*
320 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
320 KWD
Net pay
43.08 KWD
Tax the employer pays
39.49 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
82.57 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 43.08 KWD to pay you 359 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 4,308 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 474 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,834 KWD per year, or 320 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 3833
11.0%
1
Canada
KWD 3271
24.1%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
KWD 3938
8.6%
1
Guatemala
KWD 3895
9.6%
2
Ecuador
KWD 3880
9.9%
3
Colombia
KWD 3877
10.0%
4
Costa Rica
KWD 3856
10.5%
5
Panama
KWD 3765
12.6%
6
Mexico
KWD 3534
18.0%
7
Chile
KWD 3527
18.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 3417
20.7%
9
Peru
KWD 3354
22.1%
10
Brazil
KWD 3319
23.0%
11
Argentina
KWD 2798
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 3739
13.2%
1
Mozambique
KWD 3271
24.1%
2
Morocco
KWD 3245
24.7%
3
Angola
KWD 3187
26.0%
4
Kenya
KWD 3171
26.4%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 3168
26.5%
6
Ghana
KWD 3134
27.3%
7
Cameroon
KWD 3007
30.2%
8
Nigeria
KWD 2968
31.1%
9
Uganda
KWD 2890
32.9%
10
Senegal
KWD 2872
33.3%
11
Zambia
KWD 2739
36.4%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4093
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 4093
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3963
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 3963
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3877
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 3834
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 3741
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 3316
23.0%
8
Lebanon
KWD 3289
23.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 2390
44.5%
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%.