Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
425 KWD
Pension
- 34 KWD
Social Security
** - 10.63 KWD
Unemployment
- 2.13 KWD
Total tax
- 46.75 KWD
Net pay
*
378 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
378 KWD
Net pay
51 KWD
Tax the employer pays
46.75 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
97.75 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 51 KWD to pay you 425 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 5,100 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 561 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,539 KWD per year, or 378 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 5057
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
KWD 5048
1.0%
2
Switzerland
KWD 4729
7.3%
3
Spain
KWD 4542
10.9%
4
France
KWD 4468
12.4%
5
Norway
KWD 4440
12.9%
6
Russia
KWD 4437
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
KWD 4365
14.4%
8
Austria
KWD 4311
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
KWD 4171
18.2%
10
Hungary
KWD 4156
18.5%
11
Italy
KWD 4150
18.6%
12
Ukraine
KWD 4105
19.5%
13
Germany
KWD 4049
20.6%
14
Greece
KWD 3841
24.7%
15
Sweden
KWD 3813
25.2%
16
Poland
KWD 3639
28.7%
17
Portugal
KWD 3476
31.9%
18
Finland
KWD 3441
32.5%
19
Denmark
KWD 3413
33.1%
20
Belgium
KWD 3382
33.7%
21
Netherlands
KWD 3209
37.1%
22
Romania
KWD 2983
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 4448
12.8%
1
Canada
KWD 3816
25.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 4842
5.1%
1
Australia
KWD 4785
6.2%
2
Thailand
KWD 4686
8.1%
3
Taiwan
KWD 4649
8.8%
4
South Korea
KWD 4432
13.1%
5
Pakistan
KWD 4369
14.3%
6
New Zealand
KWD 4316
15.4%
7
Malaysia
KWD 4293
15.8%
8
Indonesia
KWD 4291
15.9%
9
Japan
KWD 4120
19.2%
10
Philippines
KWD 4092
19.8%
11
Singapore
KWD 4071
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
KWD 4051
20.6%
13
Vietnam
KWD 3887
23.8%
14
India
KWD 3607
29.3%
15
China
KWD 3603
29.4%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
KWD 4613
9.5%
1
Guatemala
KWD 4611
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 4564
10.5%
3
Ecuador
KWD 4552
10.8%
4
Colombia
KWD 4494
11.9%
5
Panama
KWD 4365
14.4%
6
Chile
KWD 4154
18.6%
7
Mexico
KWD 4130
19.0%
8
Peru
KWD 3950
22.5%
9
Uruguay
KWD 3945
22.6%
10
Brazil
KWD 3870
24.1%
11
Argentina
KWD 3313
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 4325
15.2%
1
Mozambique
KWD 3841
24.7%
2
Angola
KWD 3763
26.2%
3
Morocco
KWD 3756
26.4%
4
Kenya
KWD 3725
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 3689
27.7%
6
Ghana
KWD 3680
27.9%
7
Nigeria
KWD 3507
31.2%
8
Cameroon
KWD 3484
31.7%
9
Uganda
KWD 3405
33.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 3371
33.9%
11
Zambia
KWD 3226
36.7%
12
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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%.