Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
68,868 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
68,597 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
68,597 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 68,868 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.09 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.4% tax rate now rises to 0.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 826,416 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 823,161 KWD per year, or 68,597 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.4% 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 451247
45.4%
1
Canada
KWD 391217
52.7%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 731683
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 599324
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 558209
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 553674
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 538650
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 537168
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 536023
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 511331
38.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 510308
38.3%
9
Peru
KWD 508598
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 503336
39.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 475628
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 601271
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 578647
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 563519
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 562166
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 546980
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 537849
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 508335
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 503541
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 501491
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 496200
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 457580
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 455624
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 823161
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 821998
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 815412
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 785095
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 785095
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 760303
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 619897
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 619870
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 481372
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 420722
49.1%
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%.