Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
538 KWD
Pension
- 43.04 KWD
Social Security
** - 13.45 KWD
Unemployment
- 2.69 KWD
Total tax
- 59.18 KWD
Net pay
*
479 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
479 KWD
Net pay
64.56 KWD
Tax the employer pays
59.18 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
124 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 64.56 KWD to pay you 538 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 6,456 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 710 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,746 KWD per year, or 479 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 5489
15.0%
1
Canada
KWD 4797
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 6115
5.3%
1
Thailand
KWD 5833
9.7%
2
Taiwan
KWD 5832
9.7%
3
Australia
KWD 5796
10.2%
4
South Korea
KWD 5496
14.9%
5
New Zealand
KWD 5416
16.1%
6
Pakistan
KWD 5378
16.7%
7
Indonesia
KWD 5298
17.9%
8
Malaysia
KWD 5260
18.5%
9
Japan
KWD 5162
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
KWD 5149
20.2%
11
Singapore
KWD 5128
20.6%
12
Philippines
KWD 5022
22.2%
13
Vietnam
KWD 4806
25.6%
14
China
KWD 4549
29.5%
15
India
KWD 4377
32.2%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 5837
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 5774
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
KWD 5771
10.6%
3
Ecuador
KWD 5649
12.5%
4
Colombia
KWD 5526
14.4%
5
Panama
KWD 5390
16.5%
6
Chile
KWD 5226
19.1%
7
Mexico
KWD 5130
20.5%
8
Peru
KWD 4971
23.0%
9
Brazil
KWD 4853
24.8%
10
Uruguay
KWD 4749
26.4%
11
Argentina
KWD 4194
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 5304
17.9%
1
Mozambique
KWD 4817
25.4%
2
Angola
KWD 4750
26.4%
3
Kenya
KWD 4675
27.6%
4
Morocco
KWD 4605
28.7%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 4582
29.0%
6
Ghana
KWD 4577
29.1%
7
Nigeria
KWD 4429
31.4%
8
Cameroon
KWD 4309
33.3%
9
Uganda
KWD 4287
33.6%
10
Senegal
KWD 4214
34.7%
11
Zambia
KWD 4060
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 6133
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 6133
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 5940
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 5940
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 5810
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 5746
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 5584
13.5%
7
Egypt
KWD 4927
23.7%
8
Lebanon
KWD 4900
24.1%
9
Turkey
KWD 3748
41.9%
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%.