Income tax calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,263 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 5,992 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
4.3%
95.7%
Net pay
4.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5,992 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 6,263 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.96 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
9.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.3% tax rate now rises to 9.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make 75,156 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 71,901 KWD per year, or 5,992 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.3% 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.
Tax per income
1,905 KWD
1,910 KWD
1,915 KWD
1,920 KWD
1,925 KWD
1,930 KWD
1,935 KWD
1,940 KWD
1,945 KWD
1,950 KWD
1,955 KWD
1,960 KWD
1,965 KWD
1,970 KWD
1,975 KWD
1,980 KWD
1,985 KWD
1,990 KWD
1,995 KWD
2,000 KWD
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 66757
11.2%
1
Brazil
KWD 54660
27.3%
2
Uruguay
KWD 54023
28.1%
3
Costa Rica
KWD 53926
28.3%
4
Colombia
KWD 52844
29.7%
5
Chile
KWD 52580
30.0%
6
Panama
KWD 52208
30.5%
7
Mexico
KWD 50331
33.0%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 50334
33.0%
9
Argentina
KWD 48849
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 48452
35.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 47060
37.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 54729
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 52765
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 51159
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 50915
32.3%
4
Ghana
KWD 50022
33.4%
5
Mozambique
KWD 49530
34.1%
6
Zambia
KWD 46310
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 46237
38.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 46137
38.6%
9
Senegal
KWD 45444
39.5%
10
South Africa
KWD 44387
40.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 42431
43.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 71901
4.3%
1
Bahrain
KWD 71665
4.7%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 71398
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 71398
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 70738
5.9%
5
Oman
KWD 69144
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 56452
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 56425
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 45092
40.0%
9
Turkey
KWD 43830
41.7%
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%.