Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
399 KWD
Pension
- 31.92 KWD
Social Security
** - 9.98 KWD
Unemployment
- 2 KWD
Total tax
- 43.89 KWD
Net pay
*
355 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
355 KWD
Net pay
47.88 KWD
Tax the employer pays
43.89 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
91.77 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 47.88 KWD to pay you 399 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 4,788 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 527 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,261 KWD per year, or 355 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 4206
12.2%
1
Canada
KWD 3604
24.7%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
KWD 4347
9.2%
1
Guatemala
KWD 4329
9.6%
2
Ecuador
KWD 4292
10.4%
3
Costa Rica
KWD 4285
10.5%
4
Colombia
KWD 4255
11.1%
5
Panama
KWD 4129
13.8%
6
Chile
KWD 3907
18.4%
7
Mexico
KWD 3898
18.6%
8
Uruguay
KWD 3762
21.4%
9
Peru
KWD 3715
22.4%
10
Brazil
KWD 3644
23.9%
11
Argentina
KWD 3110
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 4094
14.5%
1
Mozambique
KWD 3616
24.5%
2
Morocco
KWD 3555
25.8%
3
Angola
KWD 3536
26.1%
4
Kenya
KWD 3507
26.8%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 3484
27.2%
6
Ghana
KWD 3470
27.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 3296
31.2%
8
Nigeria
KWD 3295
31.2%
9
Uganda
KWD 3202
33.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 3174
33.7%
11
Zambia
KWD 3034
36.6%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4549
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 4549
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 4405
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 4405
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 4309
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 4261
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 4158
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 3676
23.2%
8
Lebanon
KWD 3649
23.8%
9
Turkey
KWD 2693
43.8%
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%.