Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
572 KWD
Pension
- 45.76 KWD
Social Security
** - 14.30 KWD
Unemployment
- 2.86 KWD
Total tax
- 62.92 KWD
Net pay
*
509 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
509 KWD
Net pay
68.64 KWD
Tax the employer pays
62.92 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
132 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 68.64 KWD to pay you 572 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 6,864 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 755 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 6,109 KWD per year, or 509 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
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
KWD 6331
7.8%
1
Switzerland
KWD 6288
8.4%
2
United Kingdom
KWD 6230
9.2%
3
Russia
KWD 5972
13.0%
4
France
KWD 5886
14.3%
5
Norway
KWD 5806
15.4%
6
Luxembourg
KWD 5687
17.1%
7
Austria
KWD 5656
17.6%
8
Hungary
KWD 5594
18.5%
9
Spain
KWD 5585
18.6%
10
Ukraine
KWD 5526
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
KWD 5476
20.2%
12
Italy
KWD 5153
24.9%
13
Germany
KWD 5100
25.7%
14
Greece
KWD 5017
26.9%
15
Sweden
KWD 4995
27.2%
16
Poland
KWD 4765
30.6%
17
Denmark
KWD 4599
33.0%
18
Finland
KWD 4581
33.3%
19
Portugal
KWD 4523
34.1%
20
Netherlands
KWD 4319
37.1%
21
Belgium
KWD 4280
37.6%
22
Romania
KWD 4015
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 5797
15.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5100
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 6495
5.4%
1
Taiwan
KWD 6185
9.9%
2
Thailand
KWD 6169
10.1%
3
Australia
KWD 6118
10.9%
4
South Korea
KWD 5815
15.3%
5
New Zealand
KWD 5746
16.3%
6
Pakistan
KWD 5671
17.4%
7
Indonesia
KWD 5595
18.5%
8
Malaysia
KWD 5540
19.3%
9
Kazakhstan
KWD 5480
20.2%
10
Japan
KWD 5476
20.2%
11
Singapore
KWD 5446
20.7%
12
Philippines
KWD 5297
22.8%
13
Vietnam
KWD 5080
26.0%
14
China
KWD 4834
29.6%
15
India
KWD 4609
32.9%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 6206
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
KWD 6135
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
KWD 6119
10.9%
3
Ecuador
KWD 5971
13.0%
4
Colombia
KWD 5826
15.1%
5
Panama
KWD 5699
17.0%
6
Chile
KWD 5549
19.2%
7
Mexico
KWD 5430
20.9%
8
Peru
KWD 5278
23.1%
9
Brazil
KWD 5149
25.0%
10
Uruguay
KWD 5026
26.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 4459
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 5587
18.6%
1
Mozambique
KWD 5111
25.5%
2
Angola
KWD 5047
26.5%
3
Kenya
KWD 4960
27.7%
4
Morocco
KWD 4852
29.3%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 4850
29.3%
6
Ghana
KWD 4846
29.4%
7
Nigeria
KWD 4707
31.4%
8
Cameroon
KWD 4557
33.6%
9
Uganda
KWD 4552
33.7%
10
Senegal
KWD 4463
35.0%
11
Zambia
KWD 4311
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 6521
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 6521
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 6315
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 6315
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 6178
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 6109
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 5898
14.1%
7
Egypt
KWD 5233
23.8%
8
Lebanon
KWD 5206
24.2%
9
Turkey
KWD 4006
41.6%
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%.