Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
72 KWD
Pension
- 5.76 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.80 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.36 KWD
Total tax
- 7.92 KWD
Net pay
*
64.08 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
64.08 KWD
Net pay
8.64 KWD
Tax the employer pays
7.92 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16.56 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 8.64 KWD to pay you 72 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 864 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 95.04 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 769 KWD per year, or 64.08 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 789
8.7%
1
Canada
KWD 760
12.0%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 855
1.0%
1
Morocco
KWD 806
6.8%
2
Kenya
KWD 744
13.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 742
14.2%
4
Zambia
KWD 737
14.7%
5
Cameroon
KWD 729
15.6%
6
Mozambique
KWD 713
17.5%
7
Ghana
KWD 692
19.9%
8
Senegal
KWD 666
23.0%
9
Angola
KWD 664
23.1%
10
Uganda
KWD 653
24.4%
11
Nigeria
KWD 626
27.6%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 864
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 821
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 821
5.0%
3
Bahrain
KWD 795
8.0%
4
Oman
KWD 795
8.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 769
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 750
13.2%
7
Lebanon
KWD 706
18.3%
8
Egypt
KWD 678
21.5%
9
Turkey
KWD 561
35.0%
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%.