Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
542 KWD
Pension
- 43.36 KWD
Social Security
** - 13.55 KWD
Unemployment
- 2.71 KWD
Total tax
- 59.62 KWD
Net pay
*
482 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
482 KWD
Net pay
65.04 KWD
Tax the employer pays
59.62 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
125 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 65.04 KWD to pay you 542 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 6,504 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 715 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,789 KWD per year, or 482 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 5525
15.1%
1
Canada
KWD 4833
25.7%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 5337
17.9%
1
Mozambique
KWD 4852
25.4%
2
Angola
KWD 4785
26.4%
3
Kenya
KWD 4708
27.6%
4
Morocco
KWD 4634
28.8%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 4613
29.1%
6
Ghana
KWD 4608
29.2%
7
Nigeria
KWD 4462
31.4%
8
Cameroon
KWD 4338
33.3%
9
Uganda
KWD 4318
33.6%
10
Senegal
KWD 4244
34.8%
11
Zambia
KWD 4090
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 6179
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 6179
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 5984
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 5984
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 5854
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 5789
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 5621
13.6%
7
Egypt
KWD 4963
23.7%
8
Lebanon
KWD 4936
24.1%
9
Turkey
KWD 3779
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%.