Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
541 KWD
Pension
- 43.28 KWD
Social Security
** - 13.53 KWD
Unemployment
- 2.71 KWD
Total tax
- 59.51 KWD
Net pay
*
481 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
481 KWD
Net pay
64.92 KWD
Tax the employer pays
59.51 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
124 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 64.92 KWD to pay you 541 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 6,492 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 714 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,778 KWD per year, or 481 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.
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
KWD 6091
6.2%
1
United Kingdom
KWD 5981
7.9%
2
Switzerland
KWD 5963
8.1%
3
Russia
KWD 5648
13.0%
4
France
KWD 5587
13.9%
5
Norway
KWD 5535
14.7%
6
Luxembourg
KWD 5420
16.5%
7
Austria
KWD 5397
16.9%
8
Spain
KWD 5325
18.0%
9
Hungary
KWD 5291
18.5%
10
Ukraine
KWD 5226
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
KWD 5201
19.9%
12
Italy
KWD 4942
23.9%
13
Germany
KWD 4889
24.7%
14
Greece
KWD 4773
26.5%
15
Sweden
KWD 4746
26.9%
16
Poland
KWD 4528
30.3%
17
Finland
KWD 4350
33.0%
18
Denmark
KWD 4349
33.0%
19
Portugal
KWD 4318
33.5%
20
Belgium
KWD 4120
36.5%
21
Netherlands
KWD 4085
37.1%
22
Romania
KWD 3798
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 5516
15.0%
1
Canada
KWD 4824
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 6148
5.3%
1
Taiwan
KWD 5864
9.7%
2
Thailand
KWD 5863
9.7%
3
Australia
KWD 5824
10.3%
4
South Korea
KWD 5525
14.9%
5
New Zealand
KWD 5445
16.1%
6
Pakistan
KWD 5404
16.8%
7
Indonesia
KWD 5324
18.0%
8
Malaysia
KWD 5285
18.6%
9
Japan
KWD 5190
20.1%
10
Kazakhstan
KWD 5178
20.2%
11
Singapore
KWD 5156
20.6%
12
Philippines
KWD 5046
22.3%
13
Vietnam
KWD 4831
25.6%
14
China
KWD 4574
29.5%
15
India
KWD 4398
32.3%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 5870
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 5806
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
KWD 5802
10.6%
3
Ecuador
KWD 5677
12.6%
4
Colombia
KWD 5553
14.5%
5
Panama
KWD 5418
16.6%
6
Chile
KWD 5255
19.1%
7
Mexico
KWD 5156
20.6%
8
Peru
KWD 4998
23.0%
9
Brazil
KWD 4879
24.9%
10
Uruguay
KWD 4774
26.5%
11
Argentina
KWD 4218
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 5329
17.9%
1
Mozambique
KWD 4843
25.4%
2
Angola
KWD 4776
26.4%
3
Kenya
KWD 4700
27.6%
4
Morocco
KWD 4627
28.7%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 4605
29.1%
6
Ghana
KWD 4600
29.1%
7
Nigeria
KWD 4454
31.4%
8
Cameroon
KWD 4331
33.3%
9
Uganda
KWD 4310
33.6%
10
Senegal
KWD 4236
34.7%
11
Zambia
KWD 4082
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 6167
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 6167
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 5973
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 5973
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 5843
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 5778
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 5612
13.6%
7
Egypt
KWD 4954
23.7%
8
Lebanon
KWD 4927
24.1%
9
Turkey
KWD 3771
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%.