Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
422 KWD
Pension
- 33.76 KWD
Social Security
** - 10.55 KWD
Unemployment
- 2.11 KWD
Total tax
- 46.42 KWD
Net pay
*
376 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
376 KWD
Net pay
50.64 KWD
Tax the employer pays
46.42 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
97.06 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 50.64 KWD to pay you 422 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 5,064 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 557 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,507 KWD per year, or 376 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.
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
KWD 5022
0.8%
1
United Kingdom
KWD 5017
0.9%
2
Switzerland
KWD 4697
7.3%
3
Spain
KWD 4524
10.7%
4
France
KWD 4439
12.3%
5
Norway
KWD 4411
12.9%
6
Russia
KWD 4406
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
KWD 4337
14.4%
8
Austria
KWD 4280
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
KWD 4144
18.2%
10
Italy
KWD 4130
18.5%
11
Hungary
KWD 4127
18.5%
12
Ukraine
KWD 4077
19.5%
13
Germany
KWD 4025
20.5%
14
Greece
KWD 3817
24.6%
15
Sweden
KWD 3789
25.2%
16
Poland
KWD 3616
28.6%
17
Portugal
KWD 3454
31.8%
18
Finland
KWD 3422
32.4%
19
Denmark
KWD 3388
33.1%
20
Belgium
KWD 3363
33.6%
21
Netherlands
KWD 3187
37.1%
22
Romania
KWD 2962
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 4420
12.7%
1
Canada
KWD 3792
25.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 4808
5.1%
1
Australia
KWD 4759
6.0%
2
Thailand
KWD 4655
8.1%
3
Taiwan
KWD 4616
8.8%
4
South Korea
KWD 4401
13.1%
5
Pakistan
KWD 4342
14.3%
6
New Zealand
KWD 4287
15.4%
7
Malaysia
KWD 4266
15.8%
8
Indonesia
KWD 4263
15.8%
9
Japan
KWD 4092
19.2%
10
Philippines
KWD 4067
19.7%
11
Singapore
KWD 4043
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
KWD 4022
20.6%
13
Vietnam
KWD 3862
23.7%
14
India
KWD 3587
29.2%
15
China
KWD 3578
29.3%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
KWD 4583
9.5%
1
Guatemala
KWD 4578
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 4532
10.5%
3
Ecuador
KWD 4522
10.7%
4
Colombia
KWD 4467
11.8%
5
Panama
KWD 4337
14.4%
6
Chile
KWD 4125
18.5%
7
Mexico
KWD 4104
19.0%
8
Uruguay
KWD 3925
22.5%
9
Peru
KWD 3923
22.5%
10
Brazil
KWD 3844
24.1%
11
Argentina
KWD 3289
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 4298
15.1%
1
Mozambique
KWD 3815
24.7%
2
Angola
KWD 3737
26.2%
3
Morocco
KWD 3733
26.3%
4
Kenya
KWD 3700
26.9%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 3665
27.6%
6
Ghana
KWD 3656
27.8%
7
Nigeria
KWD 3483
31.2%
8
Cameroon
KWD 3463
31.6%
9
Uganda
KWD 3382
33.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 3348
33.9%
11
Zambia
KWD 3204
36.7%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4811
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 4811
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 4659
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 4659
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 4558
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 4507
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 4398
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 3883
23.3%
8
Lebanon
KWD 3856
23.9%
9
Turkey
KWD 2868
43.4%
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%.