Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
760 KWD
Pension
- 60.80 KWD
Social Security
** - 19 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.80 KWD
Total tax
- 83.60 KWD
Net pay
*
676 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
676 KWD
Net pay
91.20 KWD
Tax the employer pays
83.60 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
175 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 91.20 KWD to pay you 760 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 9,120 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,003 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,117 KWD per year, or 676 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 7478
18.0%
1
Canada
KWD 6739
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 8536
6.4%
1
Taiwan
KWD 8135
10.8%
2
Thailand
KWD 7967
12.6%
3
Australia
KWD 7891
13.5%
4
South Korea
KWD 7579
16.9%
5
New Zealand
KWD 7532
17.4%
6
Kazakhstan
KWD 7307
19.9%
7
Indonesia
KWD 7236
20.7%
8
Pakistan
KWD 7197
21.1%
9
Singapore
KWD 7174
21.3%
10
Japan
KWD 7085
22.3%
11
Malaysia
KWD 7040
22.8%
12
Philippines
KWD 6820
25.2%
13
Vietnam
KWD 6565
28.0%
14
China
KWD 6159
32.5%
15
India
KWD 5890
35.4%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 8246
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 8014
12.1%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7967
12.6%
3
Ecuador
KWD 7725
15.3%
4
Colombia
KWD 7412
18.7%
5
Panama
KWD 7406
18.8%
6
Chile
KWD 7299
20.0%
7
Mexico
KWD 6999
23.3%
8
Peru
KWD 6959
23.7%
9
Brazil
KWD 6784
25.6%
10
Uruguay
KWD 6587
27.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 5926
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 7104
22.1%
1
Angola
KWD 6688
26.7%
2
Mozambique
KWD 6606
27.6%
3
Kenya
KWD 6539
28.3%
4
Ghana
KWD 6339
30.5%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 6301
30.9%
6
Nigeria
KWD 6242
31.6%
7
Morocco
KWD 6220
31.8%
8
Uganda
KWD 6018
34.0%
9
Cameroon
KWD 5931
35.0%
10
Senegal
KWD 5823
36.2%
11
Zambia
KWD 5698
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8664
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 8664
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8390
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 8390
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8208
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 8117
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 7611
16.6%
7
Egypt
KWD 6925
24.1%
8
Lebanon
KWD 6898
24.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 5370
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%.