Income tax calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,330 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 5,059 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
5.1%
94.9%
Net pay
5.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5,059 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 5,330 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 1.13 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
10.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.1% tax rate now rises to 10.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make 63,960 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 60,705 KWD per year, or 5,059 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 5.1% 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
Tax per income
1,905 KWD
1,910 KWD
1,915 KWD
1,920 KWD
1,925 KWD
1,930 KWD
1,935 KWD
1,940 KWD
1,945 KWD
1,950 KWD
1,955 KWD
1,960 KWD
1,965 KWD
1,970 KWD
1,975 KWD
1,980 KWD
1,985 KWD
1,990 KWD
1,995 KWD
2,000 KWD
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 55476
13.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 54094
15.4%
2
Singapore
KWD 52298
18.2%
3
Taiwan
KWD 46112
27.9%
4
Thailand
KWD 45806
28.4%
5
Indonesia
KWD 44378
30.6%
6
China
KWD 43869
31.4%
7
Pakistan
KWD 42946
32.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 42285
33.9%
9
Vietnam
KWD 42078
34.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 42068
34.2%
11
Philippines
KWD 41868
34.5%
12
Japan
KWD 41608
35.0%
13
South Korea
KWD 41411
35.3%
14
Australia
KWD 39798
37.8%
15
India
KWD 33511
47.6%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 46584
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 44927
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 43544
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 43276
32.3%
4
Ghana
KWD 42615
33.4%
5
Mozambique
KWD 42252
33.9%
6
Morocco
KWD 39452
38.3%
7
Zambia
KWD 39425
38.4%
8
Cameroon
KWD 39320
38.5%
9
Senegal
KWD 38727
39.5%
10
South Africa
KWD 38229
40.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 36274
43.3%
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%.