Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
779 KWD
Pension
- 62.32 KWD
Social Security
** - 19.48 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.90 KWD
Total tax
- 85.69 KWD
Net pay
*
693 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
693 KWD
Net pay
93.48 KWD
Tax the employer pays
85.69 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
179 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 93.48 KWD to pay you 779 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 9,348 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,028 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,320 KWD per year, or 693 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 8739
6.5%
1
Taiwan
KWD 8333
10.9%
2
Thailand
KWD 8144
12.9%
3
Australia
KWD 8040
14.0%
4
South Korea
KWD 7757
17.0%
5
New Zealand
KWD 7689
17.7%
6
Kazakhstan
KWD 7492
19.9%
7
Indonesia
KWD 7402
20.8%
8
Pakistan
KWD 7351
21.4%
9
Singapore
KWD 7342
21.5%
10
Japan
KWD 7241
22.5%
11
Malaysia
KWD 7187
23.1%
12
Philippines
KWD 6974
25.4%
13
Vietnam
KWD 6708
28.2%
14
China
KWD 6300
32.6%
15
India
KWD 6020
35.6%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 8452
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 8198
12.3%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8150
12.8%
3
Ecuador
KWD 7900
15.5%
4
Panama
KWD 7578
18.9%
5
Colombia
KWD 7572
19.0%
6
Chile
KWD 7472
20.1%
7
Mexico
KWD 7153
23.5%
8
Peru
KWD 7126
23.8%
9
Brazil
KWD 6950
25.7%
10
Uruguay
KWD 6753
27.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 6074
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 7250
22.5%
1
Angola
KWD 6854
26.7%
2
Mozambique
KWD 6754
27.7%
3
Kenya
KWD 6699
28.3%
4
Ghana
KWD 6490
30.6%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 6442
31.1%
6
Nigeria
KWD 6397
31.6%
7
Morocco
KWD 6358
32.0%
8
Uganda
KWD 6166
34.0%
9
Cameroon
KWD 6069
35.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 5960
36.3%
11
Zambia
KWD 5839
37.5%
12
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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%.