Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,280 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
60,009 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.4%
99.6%
Net pay
0.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
60,009 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 60,280 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 0.4% tax rate now rises to 1.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 723,360 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 720,105 KWD per year, or 60,009 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 396319
45.2%
1
Canada
KWD 343326
52.5%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 640470
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 524608
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 489033
32.4%
3
Panama
KWD 484884
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 471664
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 470182
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 469398
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 448469
38.0%
8
Uruguay
KWD 447716
38.1%
9
Peru
KWD 445477
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 441502
39.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 416838
42.4%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 526298
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 506507
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 493201
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 492068
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 478809
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 470862
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 444956
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 440796
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 439040
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 434367
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 400899
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 398944
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 720105
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 718942
0.6%
2
Bahrain
KWD 713387
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 687192
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 687192
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 665491
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 542605
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 542578
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 421351
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 369194
49.0%
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%.