Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
39,583 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
39,312 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
39,312 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 39,583 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.15 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.7% tax rate now rises to 1.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 474,996 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 471,741 KWD per year, or 39,312 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 263941
44.4%
1
Canada
KWD 227910
52.0%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 420648
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 344544
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 322318
32.1%
3
Panama
KWD 319101
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 310227
34.7%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 308830
35.0%
6
Argentina
KWD 308745
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 296973
37.5%
8
Uruguay
KWD 296869
37.5%
9
Peru
KWD 293354
38.2%
10
Chile
KWD 292484
38.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 275155
42.1%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 471741
0.7%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 470578
0.9%
2
Bahrain
KWD 467506
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 451246
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 451246
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 436996
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 356332
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 356305
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 276701
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 245012
48.4%
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%.