Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
679 KWD
Pension
- 54.32 KWD
Social Security
** - 16.98 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.40 KWD
Total tax
- 74.69 KWD
Net pay
*
604 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
604 KWD
Net pay
81.48 KWD
Tax the employer pays
74.69 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
156 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 81.48 KWD to pay you 679 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 8,148 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 896 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 7,252 KWD per year, or 604 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
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 6758
17.1%
1
Canada
KWD 6038
25.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 7668
5.9%
1
Taiwan
KWD 7295
10.5%
2
Thailand
KWD 7206
11.6%
3
Australia
KWD 7132
12.5%
4
South Korea
KWD 6819
16.3%
5
New Zealand
KWD 6788
16.7%
6
Pakistan
KWD 6541
19.7%
7
Indonesia
KWD 6529
19.9%
8
Kazakhstan
KWD 6520
20.0%
9
Singapore
KWD 6429
21.1%
10
Japan
KWD 6420
21.2%
11
Malaysia
KWD 6406
21.4%
12
Philippines
KWD 6164
24.4%
13
Vietnam
KWD 5941
27.1%
14
China
KWD 5630
30.9%
15
India
KWD 5338
34.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7367
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 7205
11.6%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7184
11.8%
3
Ecuador
KWD 6977
14.4%
4
Colombia
KWD 6732
17.4%
5
Panama
KWD 6670
18.1%
6
Chile
KWD 6560
19.5%
7
Mexico
KWD 6339
22.2%
8
Peru
KWD 6244
23.4%
9
Brazil
KWD 6080
25.4%
10
Uruguay
KWD 5898
27.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 5294
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 7741
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 7741
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 7496
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 7496
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 7333
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 7252
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 6875
15.6%
7
Egypt
KWD 6196
24.0%
8
Lebanon
KWD 6169
24.3%
9
Turkey
KWD 4804
41.0%
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%.