Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
361 KWD
Pension
- 28.88 KWD
Social Security
** - 9.03 KWD
Unemployment
- 1.81 KWD
Total tax
- 39.71 KWD
Net pay
*
321 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
321 KWD
Net pay
43.32 KWD
Tax the employer pays
39.71 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
83.03 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 43.32 KWD to pay you 361 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 4,332 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 477 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 3,855 KWD per year, or 321 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 3851
11.1%
1
Canada
KWD 3289
24.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
KWD 4193
3.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 4115
5.0%
2
Thailand
KWD 4019
7.2%
3
Taiwan
KWD 3949
8.9%
4
Pakistan
KWD 3793
12.5%
5
South Korea
KWD 3785
12.6%
6
Malaysia
KWD 3707
14.4%
7
New Zealand
KWD 3693
14.8%
8
Indonesia
KWD 3686
14.9%
9
Philippines
KWD 3544
18.2%
10
Japan
KWD 3516
18.9%
11
Singapore
KWD 3467
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
KWD 3434
20.7%
13
Vietnam
KWD 3342
22.9%
14
India
KWD 3171
26.8%
15
China
KWD 3067
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
KWD 3958
8.6%
1
Guatemala
KWD 3917
9.6%
2
Ecuador
KWD 3900
10.0%
3
Colombia
KWD 3897
10.0%
4
Costa Rica
KWD 3877
10.5%
5
Panama
KWD 3784
12.7%
6
Mexico
KWD 3553
18.0%
7
Chile
KWD 3546
18.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 3434
20.7%
9
Peru
KWD 3372
22.2%
10
Brazil
KWD 3334
23.0%
11
Argentina
KWD 2814
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 3757
13.3%
1
Mozambique
KWD 3288
24.1%
2
Morocco
KWD 3261
24.7%
3
Angola
KWD 3205
26.0%
4
Kenya
KWD 3188
26.4%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 3183
26.5%
6
Ghana
KWD 3151
27.3%
7
Cameroon
KWD 3022
30.2%
8
Nigeria
KWD 2985
31.1%
9
Uganda
KWD 2906
32.9%
10
Senegal
KWD 2887
33.4%
11
Zambia
KWD 2754
36.4%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4115
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 4115
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 3985
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 3985
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 3899
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 3855
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 3762
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 3334
23.0%
8
Lebanon
KWD 3307
23.7%
9
Turkey
KWD 2405
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%.