Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
576 KWD
Pension
- 46.08 KWD
Social Security
** - 14.40 KWD
Unemployment
- 2.88 KWD
Total tax
- 63.36 KWD
Net pay
*
513 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
513 KWD
Net pay
69.12 KWD
Tax the employer pays
63.36 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
132 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 69.12 KWD to pay you 576 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 6,912 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 760 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 6,152 KWD per year, or 513 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 6363
8.0%
1
Switzerland
KWD 6329
8.4%
2
United Kingdom
KWD 6262
9.4%
3
Russia
KWD 6013
13.0%
4
France
KWD 5925
14.3%
5
Norway
KWD 5839
15.5%
6
Luxembourg
KWD 5722
17.2%
7
Austria
KWD 5690
17.7%
8
Hungary
KWD 5633
18.5%
9
Spain
KWD 5618
18.7%
10
Ukraine
KWD 5564
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
KWD 5512
20.3%
12
Italy
KWD 5181
25.1%
13
Germany
KWD 5127
25.8%
14
Greece
KWD 5048
27.0%
15
Sweden
KWD 5028
27.3%
16
Poland
KWD 4796
30.6%
17
Denmark
KWD 4632
33.0%
18
Finland
KWD 4611
33.3%
19
Portugal
KWD 4549
34.2%
20
Netherlands
KWD 4350
37.1%
21
Belgium
KWD 4300
37.8%
22
Romania
KWD 4044
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 5833
15.6%
1
Canada
KWD 5135
25.7%
2
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%.