Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,788 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
40,517 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
40,517 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 40,788 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 489,456 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 486,201 KWD per year, or 40,517 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 271648
44.5%
1
Canada
KWD 234630
52.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 438423
10.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 407256
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 384405
21.5%
3
Indonesia
KWD 332013
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 322378
34.1%
5
Pakistan
KWD 319518
34.7%
6
Vietnam
KWD 318650
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 306030
37.5%
8
New Zealand
KWD 301837
38.3%
9
Taiwan
KWD 301410
38.4%
10
Malaysia
KWD 294741
39.8%
11
China
KWD 277921
43.2%
12
Japan
KWD 271894
44.5%
13
Australia
KWD 265311
45.8%
14
South Korea
KWD 264603
45.9%
15
India
KWD 123300
74.8%
16
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 356132
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 342775
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 333603
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 332966
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 324081
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 318825
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 301105
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 298383
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 297297
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 294024
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 272252
44.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 270296
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 486201
0.7%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 485038
0.9%
2
Bahrain
KWD 481822
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 464983
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 464983
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 450300
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 367177
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 367150
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 285123
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 252242
48.5%
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%.