Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
49,647 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
49,376 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.5%
99.5%
Net pay
0.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
49,376 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 49,647 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.12 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.5% tax rate now rises to 1.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 595,764 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 592,509 KWD per year, or 49,376 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 328310
44.9%
1
Canada
KWD 284032
52.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 534100
10.4%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 495492
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 467325
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 403877
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 391479
34.3%
5
Pakistan
KWD 388619
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 387750
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 372030
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 366685
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 365194
38.7%
10
Malaysia
KWD 357462
40.0%
11
China
KWD 336390
43.5%
12
Japan
KWD 329186
44.8%
13
Australia
KWD 321654
46.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 320019
46.3%
15
India
KWD 135533
77.3%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 527538
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 432101
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 403384
32.3%
3
Panama
KWD 399714
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 388727
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 387244
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 386907
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 370638
37.8%
8
Uruguay
KWD 370219
37.9%
9
Peru
KWD 367324
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 364945
38.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 344049
42.3%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 433471
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 417190
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 406139
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 405277
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 394404
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 387925
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 366484
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 363109
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 361719
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 357809
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 330721
44.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 328766
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 592509
0.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 591346
0.7%
2
Bahrain
KWD 587067
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 565976
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 565976
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 548103
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 446908
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 446881
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 347038
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 305396
48.7%
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%.