Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
36,852 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
36,581 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.7%
99.3%
Net pay
0.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
36,581 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 36,852 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.16 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.7% tax rate now rises to 1.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 442,224 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 438,969 KWD per year, or 36,581 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.7% 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 246473
44.3%
1
Canada
KWD 212681
51.9%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 321771
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 309712
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 301375
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 300839
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 292837
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 288124
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 272057
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 269626
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 268675
39.2%
9
Senegal
KWD 265685
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 246274
44.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 244319
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 438969
0.7%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 437806
1.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 435062
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 420113
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 420113
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 406846
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 331753
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 331726
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 257614
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 228626
48.3%
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%.