Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
683 KWD
Pension
- 54.64 KWD
Social Security
** - 17.08 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.42 KWD
Total tax
- 75.13 KWD
Net pay
*
608 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
608 KWD
Net pay
81.96 KWD
Tax the employer pays
75.13 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
157 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 81.96 KWD to pay you 683 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 8,196 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 902 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 7,294 KWD per year, or 608 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
Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
KWD 7356
10.3%
1
Ireland
KWD 7203
12.1%
2
Russia
KWD 7131
13.0%
3
United Kingdom
KWD 7119
13.1%
4
France
KWD 6956
15.1%
5
Norway
KWD 6700
18.3%
6
Hungary
KWD 6680
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
KWD 6640
19.0%
8
Ukraine
KWD 6598
19.5%
9
Austria
KWD 6578
19.8%
10
Spain
KWD 6512
20.5%
11
Czech Republic
KWD 6462
21.2%
12
Italy
KWD 5906
27.9%
13
Sweden
KWD 5888
28.2%
14
Greece
KWD 5884
28.2%
15
Germany
KWD 5853
28.6%
16
Poland
KWD 5616
31.5%
17
Denmark
KWD 5496
33.0%
18
Finland
KWD 5407
34.0%
19
Portugal
KWD 5247
36.0%
20
Netherlands
KWD 5158
37.1%
21
Belgium
KWD 4833
41.0%
22
Romania
KWD 4795
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 6794
17.1%
1
Canada
KWD 6073
25.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 7711
5.9%
1
Taiwan
KWD 7337
10.5%
2
Thailand
KWD 7244
11.6%
3
Australia
KWD 7170
12.5%
4
South Korea
KWD 6857
16.3%
5
New Zealand
KWD 6827
16.7%
6
Pakistan
KWD 6573
19.8%
7
Indonesia
KWD 6564
19.9%
8
Kazakhstan
KWD 6558
20.0%
9
Singapore
KWD 6466
21.1%
10
Japan
KWD 6455
21.3%
11
Malaysia
KWD 6437
21.5%
12
Philippines
KWD 6196
24.4%
13
Vietnam
KWD 5973
27.1%
14
China
KWD 5653
31.0%
15
India
KWD 5366
34.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7410
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 7245
11.6%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7223
11.9%
3
Ecuador
KWD 7014
14.4%
4
Colombia
KWD 6766
17.5%
5
Panama
KWD 6707
18.2%
6
Chile
KWD 6598
19.5%
7
Mexico
KWD 6372
22.3%
8
Peru
KWD 6280
23.4%
9
Brazil
KWD 6114
25.4%
10
Uruguay
KWD 5931
27.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 5325
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 6498
20.7%
1
Angola
KWD 6016
26.6%
2
Mozambique
KWD 6003
26.8%
3
Kenya
KWD 5893
28.1%
4
Ghana
KWD 5728
30.1%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 5717
30.2%
6
Morocco
KWD 5660
31.0%
7
Nigeria
KWD 5613
31.5%
8
Uganda
KWD 5418
33.9%
9
Cameroon
KWD 5368
34.5%
10
Senegal
KWD 5268
35.7%
11
Zambia
KWD 5130
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 7786
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 7786
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 7540
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 7540
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 7376
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 7294
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 6911
15.7%
7
Egypt
KWD 6232
24.0%
8
Lebanon
KWD 6205
24.3%
9
Turkey
KWD 4832
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%.