Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
704 KWD
Pension
- 56.32 KWD
Social Security
** - 17.60 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.52 KWD
Total tax
- 77.44 KWD
Net pay
*
627 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
627 KWD
Net pay
84.48 KWD
Tax the employer pays
77.44 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
162 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 84.48 KWD to pay you 704 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 8,448 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 929 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 7,519 KWD per year, or 627 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 6980
17.4%
1
Canada
KWD 6252
26.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 7936
6.1%
1
Taiwan
KWD 7555
10.6%
2
Thailand
KWD 7442
11.9%
3
Australia
KWD 7369
12.8%
4
South Korea
KWD 7054
16.5%
5
New Zealand
KWD 7020
16.9%
6
Kazakhstan
KWD 6763
20.0%
7
Indonesia
KWD 6747
20.1%
8
Pakistan
KWD 6743
20.2%
9
Singapore
KWD 6659
21.2%
10
Japan
KWD 6627
21.6%
11
Malaysia
KWD 6603
21.8%
12
Philippines
KWD 6367
24.6%
13
Vietnam
KWD 6142
27.3%
14
China
KWD 5779
31.6%
15
India
KWD 5509
34.8%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7638
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 7455
11.8%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7425
12.1%
3
Ecuador
KWD 7208
14.7%
4
Colombia
KWD 6942
17.8%
5
Panama
KWD 6897
18.4%
6
Chile
KWD 6789
19.6%
7
Mexico
KWD 6545
22.5%
8
Peru
KWD 6466
23.5%
9
Brazil
KWD 6297
25.5%
10
Uruguay
KWD 6102
27.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 5489
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8026
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 8026
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 7772
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 7772
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 7603
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 7519
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 7102
15.9%
7
Egypt
KWD 6421
24.0%
8
Lebanon
KWD 6394
24.3%
9
Turkey
KWD 4979
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%.