Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
55,390 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
55,119 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
55,119 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 55,390 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.11 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.5% tax rate now rises to 1.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 664,680 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 661,425 KWD per year, or 55,119 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.5% 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 365042
45.1%
1
Canada
KWD 316057
52.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 596124
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 552692
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 521080
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 450464
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 436274
34.4%
5
Pakistan
KWD 433414
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 432546
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 414815
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 408724
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 406544
38.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 398122
40.1%
11
China
KWD 374294
43.7%
12
Japan
KWD 366327
44.9%
13
Australia
KWD 358179
46.1%
14
South Korea
KWD 355944
46.5%
15
India
KWD 143463
78.4%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 588534
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 482065
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 449644
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 445715
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 433522
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 432040
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 431461
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 412675
37.9%
8
Uruguay
KWD 412076
38.0%
9
Peru
KWD 409535
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 406294
38.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 383363
42.3%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 483608
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 465431
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 453162
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 452153
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 439992
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 432720
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 408868
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 405068
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 403481
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 399159
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 368625
44.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 366670
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 661425
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 660262
0.7%
2
Bahrain
KWD 655293
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 631446
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 631446
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 611506
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 498595
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 498568
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 387175
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 339854
48.9%
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%.