Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
41,496 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
41,225 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
41,225 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 41,496 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.14 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.7% tax rate now rises to 1.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 497,952 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 494,697 KWD per year, or 41,225 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 276176
44.5%
1
Canada
KWD 238578
52.1%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 440966
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 361187
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 337728
32.2%
3
Panama
KWD 334424
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 325149
34.7%
5
Argentina
KWD 323667
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 323671
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 310975
37.6%
8
Uruguay
KWD 310812
37.6%
9
Peru
KWD 307414
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 306258
38.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 288251
42.1%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 362313
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 348722
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 339400
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 338745
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 329701
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 324347
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 306330
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 303556
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 302446
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 299122
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 276925
44.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 274969
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 494697
0.7%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 493534
0.9%
2
Bahrain
KWD 490233
1.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 473054
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 473054
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 458116
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 373549
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 373522
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 290071
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 256490
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%.