Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
56,220 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
55,949 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
55,949 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 56,220 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 674,640 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 671,385 KWD per year, or 55,949 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 370351
45.1%
1
Canada
KWD 320686
52.5%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 597349
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 489286
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 456330
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 452363
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 439996
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 438514
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 437900
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 418751
37.9%
8
Uruguay
KWD 418125
38.0%
9
Peru
KWD 415636
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 412270
38.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 389045
42.3%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 671385
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 670222
0.7%
2
Bahrain
KWD 665154
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 640908
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 640908
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 620669
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 506065
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 506038
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 392976
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 344834
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%.