Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
404 KWD
Pension
- 32.32 KWD
Social Security
** - 10.10 KWD
Unemployment
- 2.02 KWD
Total tax
- 44.44 KWD
Net pay
*
360 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
360 KWD
Net pay
48.48 KWD
Tax the employer pays
44.44 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
92.92 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 48.48 KWD to pay you 404 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 4,848 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 533 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,315 KWD per year, or 360 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
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
KWD 4831
0.4%
1
Ireland
KWD 4810
0.8%
2
Switzerland
KWD 4504
7.1%
3
Spain
KWD 4418
8.9%
4
France
KWD 4265
12.0%
5
Norway
KWD 4240
12.5%
6
Russia
KWD 4218
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
KWD 4170
14.0%
8
Austria
KWD 4102
15.4%
9
Italy
KWD 4005
17.4%
10
Czech Republic
KWD 3985
17.8%
11
Hungary
KWD 3951
18.5%
12
Ukraine
KWD 3903
19.5%
13
Germany
KWD 3877
20.0%
14
Greece
KWD 3672
24.3%
15
Sweden
KWD 3645
24.8%
16
Poland
KWD 3478
28.3%
17
Portugal
KWD 3323
31.5%
18
Finland
KWD 3304
31.9%
19
Belgium
KWD 3249
33.0%
20
Denmark
KWD 3243
33.1%
21
Netherlands
KWD 3051
37.1%
22
Romania
KWD 2836
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 4253
12.3%
1
Canada
KWD 3645
24.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 4605
5.0%
1
Australia
KWD 4593
5.3%
2
Thailand
KWD 4467
7.9%
3
Taiwan
KWD 4419
8.8%
4
South Korea
KWD 4219
13.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 4180
13.8%
6
New Zealand
KWD 4111
15.2%
7
Malaysia
KWD 4101
15.4%
8
Indonesia
KWD 4093
15.6%
9
Japan
KWD 3924
19.1%
10
Philippines
KWD 3916
19.2%
11
Singapore
KWD 3874
20.1%
12
Kazakhstan
KWD 3848
20.6%
13
Vietnam
KWD 3711
23.5%
14
India
KWD 3464
28.6%
15
China
KWD 3427
29.3%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
KWD 4398
9.3%
1
Guatemala
KWD 4383
9.6%
2
Ecuador
KWD 4343
10.4%
3
Costa Rica
KWD 4339
10.5%
4
Colombia
KWD 4301
11.3%
5
Panama
KWD 4174
13.9%
6
Chile
KWD 3954
18.4%
7
Mexico
KWD 3943
18.7%
8
Uruguay
KWD 3805
21.5%
9
Peru
KWD 3761
22.4%
10
Brazil
KWD 3687
24.0%
11
Argentina
KWD 3149
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 4138
14.6%
1
Mozambique
KWD 3660
24.5%
2
Morocco
KWD 3594
25.9%
3
Angola
KWD 3580
26.2%
4
Kenya
KWD 3549
26.8%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 3523
27.3%
6
Ghana
KWD 3510
27.6%
7
Nigeria
KWD 3336
31.2%
8
Cameroon
KWD 3332
31.3%
9
Uganda
KWD 3241
33.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 3212
33.8%
11
Zambia
KWD 3071
36.7%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4606
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 4606
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 4460
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 4460
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 4363
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 4315
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 4210
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 3721
23.3%
8
Lebanon
KWD 3694
23.8%
9
Turkey
KWD 2731
43.7%
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%.