Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
58,908 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
58,637 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
58,637 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 58,908 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.10 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.5% tax rate now rises to 1.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 706,896 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 703,641 KWD per year, or 58,637 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 387543
45.2%
1
Canada
KWD 335675
52.5%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 514320
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 494983
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 481967
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 480869
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 467918
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 460161
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 434831
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 430772
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 429063
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 424488
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 391844
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 389888
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 703641
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 702478
0.6%
2
Bahrain
KWD 697087
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 671551
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 671551
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 650344
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 530257
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 530230
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 411762
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 360962
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%.