Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,490 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
6,219 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
4.2%
95.8%
Net pay
4.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
6,219 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 6,490 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.93 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
8.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.2% tax rate now rises to 8.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 77,880 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 74,625 KWD per year, or 6,219 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 4.2% 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 50478
35.2%
1
Canada
KWD 43369
44.3%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 56711
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 54671
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 53012
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 52774
32.2%
4
Ghana
KWD 51824
33.5%
5
Mozambique
KWD 51300
34.1%
6
Zambia
KWD 47986
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 47887
38.5%
8
Cameroon
KWD 47795
38.6%
9
Senegal
KWD 47079
39.6%
10
South Africa
KWD 45885
41.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 43930
43.6%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 74625
4.2%
1
Bahrain
KWD 74361
4.5%
2
United Arab Emirates
KWD 73986
5.0%
3
Qatar
KWD 73986
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 73462
5.7%
5
Oman
KWD 71650
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 58495
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 58468
24.9%
8
Israel
KWD 46454
40.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 45417
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%.
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%.