Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
492 KWD
Pension
- 39.36 KWD
Social Security
** - 12.30 KWD
Unemployment
- 2.46 KWD
Total tax
- 54.12 KWD
Net pay
*
438 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
438 KWD
Net pay
59.04 KWD
Tax the employer pays
54.12 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
113 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 59.04 KWD to pay you 492 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 5,904 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 649 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,255 KWD per year, or 438 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
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
KWD 5768
2.3%
1
United Kingdom
KWD 5589
5.3%
2
Switzerland
KWD 5443
7.8%
3
Russia
KWD 5136
13.0%
4
France
KWD 5114
13.4%
5
Norway
KWD 5076
14.0%
6
Austria
KWD 4985
15.6%
7
Luxembourg
KWD 4978
15.7%
8
Spain
KWD 4907
16.9%
9
Hungary
KWD 4812
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
KWD 4766
19.3%
11
Ukraine
KWD 4753
19.5%
12
Italy
KWD 4607
22.0%
13
Germany
KWD 4550
22.9%
14
Greece
KWD 4379
25.8%
15
Sweden
KWD 4352
26.3%
16
Poland
KWD 4152
29.7%
17
Finland
KWD 3966
32.8%
18
Portugal
KWD 3962
32.9%
19
Denmark
KWD 3954
33.0%
20
Belgium
KWD 3809
35.5%
21
Netherlands
KWD 3715
37.1%
22
Romania
KWD 3454
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 5070
14.1%
1
Canada
KWD 4388
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 5601
5.1%
1
Thailand
KWD 5370
9.0%
2
Australia
KWD 5368
9.1%
3
Taiwan
KWD 5354
9.3%
4
South Korea
KWD 5065
14.2%
5
Pakistan
KWD 4972
15.8%
6
New Zealand
KWD 4968
15.9%
7
Indonesia
KWD 4896
17.1%
8
Malaysia
KWD 4877
17.4%
9
Japan
KWD 4738
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
KWD 4702
20.4%
11
Singapore
KWD 4699
20.4%
12
Philippines
KWD 4649
21.3%
13
Vietnam
KWD 4436
24.9%
14
China
KWD 4164
29.5%
15
India
KWD 4064
31.2%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 5338
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 5300
10.2%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 5284
10.5%
3
Ecuador
KWD 5207
11.8%
4
Colombia
KWD 5111
13.4%
5
Panama
KWD 4973
15.8%
6
Chile
KWD 4790
18.9%
7
Mexico
KWD 4723
20.0%
8
Peru
KWD 4555
22.8%
9
Brazil
KWD 4453
24.6%
10
Uruguay
KWD 4393
25.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 3835
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 4920
16.7%
1
Mozambique
KWD 4420
25.1%
2
Angola
KWD 4348
26.4%
3
Kenya
KWD 4288
27.4%
4
Morocco
KWD 4262
27.8%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 4218
28.6%
6
Ghana
KWD 4211
28.7%
7
Nigeria
KWD 4054
31.3%
8
Cameroon
KWD 3973
32.7%
9
Uganda
KWD 3928
33.5%
10
Senegal
KWD 3872
34.4%
11
Zambia
KWD 3721
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 5609
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 5609
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 5432
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 5432
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 5314
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 5255
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 5128
13.2%
7
Egypt
KWD 4513
23.6%
8
Lebanon
KWD 4486
24.0%
9
Turkey
KWD 3399
42.4%
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%.