Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
484 KWD
Pension
- 38.72 KWD
Social Security
** - 12.10 KWD
Unemployment
- 2.42 KWD
Total tax
- 53.24 KWD
Net pay
*
431 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
431 KWD
Net pay
58.08 KWD
Tax the employer pays
53.24 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
111 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 58.08 KWD to pay you 484 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 5,808 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 639 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,169 KWD per year, or 431 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
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 4996
14.0%
1
Canada
KWD 4317
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 5511
5.1%
1
Australia
KWD 5298
8.8%
2
Thailand
KWD 5289
8.9%
3
Taiwan
KWD 5270
9.3%
4
South Korea
KWD 4990
14.1%
5
Pakistan
KWD 4900
15.6%
6
New Zealand
KWD 4890
15.8%
7
Indonesia
KWD 4827
16.9%
8
Malaysia
KWD 4810
17.2%
9
Japan
KWD 4664
19.7%
10
Kazakhstan
KWD 4624
20.4%
11
Singapore
KWD 4624
20.4%
12
Philippines
KWD 4585
21.1%
13
Vietnam
KWD 4371
24.7%
14
China
KWD 4097
29.5%
15
India
KWD 4009
31.0%
16
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 4849
16.5%
1
Mozambique
KWD 4351
25.1%
2
Angola
KWD 4278
26.3%
3
Kenya
KWD 4221
27.3%
4
Morocco
KWD 4202
27.6%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 4155
28.5%
6
Ghana
KWD 4148
28.6%
7
Nigeria
KWD 3989
31.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 3914
32.6%
9
Uganda
KWD 3865
33.5%
10
Senegal
KWD 3813
34.4%
11
Zambia
KWD 3661
37.0%
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%.