Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
695 KWD
Pension
- 55.60 KWD
Social Security
** - 17.38 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.48 KWD
Total tax
- 76.45 KWD
Net pay
*
619 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
619 KWD
Net pay
83.40 KWD
Tax the employer pays
76.45 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
160 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 83.40 KWD to pay you 695 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 8,340 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 917 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 7,423 KWD per year, or 619 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 7471
10.4%
1
Ireland
KWD 7306
12.4%
2
Russia
KWD 7256
13.0%
3
United Kingdom
KWD 7215
13.5%
4
France
KWD 7067
15.3%
5
Hungary
KWD 6797
18.5%
6
Norway
KWD 6795
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
KWD 6735
19.3%
8
Ukraine
KWD 6714
19.5%
9
Austria
KWD 6653
20.2%
10
Spain
KWD 6607
20.8%
11
Czech Republic
KWD 6569
21.2%
12
Sweden
KWD 5985
28.2%
13
Greece
KWD 5973
28.4%
14
Italy
KWD 5967
28.5%
15
Germany
KWD 5934
28.9%
16
Poland
KWD 5708
31.6%
17
Denmark
KWD 5594
32.9%
18
Finland
KWD 5492
34.2%
19
Portugal
KWD 5322
36.2%
20
Netherlands
KWD 5248
37.1%
21
Romania
KWD 4879
41.5%
22
Belgium
KWD 4877
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 6900
17.3%
1
Canada
KWD 6175
26.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 7840
6.0%
1
Taiwan
KWD 7461
10.5%
2
Thailand
KWD 7358
11.8%
3
Australia
KWD 7284
12.7%
4
South Korea
KWD 6970
16.4%
5
New Zealand
KWD 6938
16.8%
6
Kazakhstan
KWD 6675
20.0%
7
Pakistan
KWD 6670
20.0%
8
Indonesia
KWD 6669
20.0%
9
Singapore
KWD 6576
21.2%
10
Japan
KWD 6554
21.4%
11
Malaysia
KWD 6532
21.7%
12
Philippines
KWD 6294
24.5%
13
Vietnam
KWD 6070
27.2%
14
China
KWD 5725
31.4%
15
India
KWD 5447
34.7%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7540
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 7365
11.7%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7338
12.0%
3
Ecuador
KWD 7125
14.6%
4
Colombia
KWD 6867
17.7%
5
Panama
KWD 6816
18.3%
6
Chile
KWD 6707
19.6%
7
Mexico
KWD 6471
22.4%
8
Peru
KWD 6386
23.4%
9
Brazil
KWD 6219
25.4%
10
Uruguay
KWD 6029
27.7%
11
Argentina
KWD 5419
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 6593
21.0%
1
Angola
KWD 6120
26.6%
2
Mozambique
KWD 6098
26.9%
3
Kenya
KWD 5993
28.1%
4
Ghana
KWD 5823
30.2%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 5809
30.4%
6
Morocco
KWD 5747
31.1%
7
Nigeria
KWD 5711
31.5%
8
Uganda
KWD 5511
33.9%
9
Cameroon
KWD 5456
34.6%
10
Senegal
KWD 5355
35.8%
11
Zambia
KWD 5219
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 7923
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 7923
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 7673
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 7673
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 7506
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 7423
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 7020
15.8%
7
Egypt
KWD 6340
24.0%
8
Lebanon
KWD 6313
24.3%
9
Turkey
KWD 4916
41.1%
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%.