Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
45,518 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
45,247 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.6%
99.4%
Net pay
0.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
45,247 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 45,518 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.13 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.6% tax rate now rises to 1.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 546,216 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 542,961 KWD per year, or 45,247 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.6% 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 301901
44.7%
1
Canada
KWD 261007
52.2%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 483684
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 396179
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 370125
32.2%
3
Panama
KWD 366640
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 356520
34.7%
5
Argentina
KWD 355038
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 354874
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 340415
37.7%
8
Uruguay
KWD 340126
37.7%
9
Peru
KWD 336976
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 335216
38.6%
11
Ecuador
KWD 315784
42.2%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 397425
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 382507
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 372331
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 371574
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 361628
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 355719
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 336012
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 332942
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 331693
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 328080
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 303470
44.4%
11
Uganda
KWD 301514
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 542961
0.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 541798
0.8%
2
Bahrain
KWD 538014
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 518905
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 518905
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 502519
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 409747
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 409720
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 318180
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 280622
48.6%
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%.