Income tax calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
442 KWD
Pension
- 35.36 KWD
Social Security
** - 11.05 KWD
Unemployment
- 2.21 KWD
Total tax
- 48.62 KWD
Net pay
* 393 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
393 KWD
Net pay
53.04 KWD
Tax the employer pays
48.62 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
102 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 53.04 KWD to pay you 442 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.
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Summary
If you make 5,304 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 583 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 4,721 KWD per year, or 393 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
Tax per income
445 KWD
450 KWD
455 KWD
460 KWD
465 KWD
470 KWD
475 KWD
480 KWD
485 KWD
490 KWD
495 KWD
500 KWD
505 KWD
510 KWD
515 KWD
520 KWD
525 KWD
530 KWD
535 KWD
540 KWD
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 5035
5.1%
1
Australia
KWD 4933
7.0%
2
Thailand
KWD 4860
8.4%
3
Taiwan
KWD 4832
8.9%
4
South Korea
KWD 4596
13.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 4522
14.8%
6
New Zealand
KWD 4481
15.5%
7
Indonesia
KWD 4452
16.1%
8
Malaysia
KWD 4449
16.1%
9
Japan
KWD 4277
19.4%
10
Philippines
KWD 4234
20.2%
11
Singapore
KWD 4230
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
KWD 4216
20.5%
13
Vietnam
KWD 4029
24.0%
14
China
KWD 3745
29.4%
15
India
KWD 3723
29.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 4476
15.6%
1
Mozambique
KWD 3988
24.8%
2
Angola
KWD 3912
26.3%
3
Morocco
KWD 3888
26.7%
4
Kenya
KWD 3868
27.1%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 3823
27.9%
6
Ghana
KWD 3814
28.1%
7
Nigeria
KWD 3646
31.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 3607
32.0%
9
Uganda
KWD 3538
33.3%
10
Senegal
KWD 3499
34.0%
11
Zambia
KWD 3352
36.8%
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%.