Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
784 KWD
Pension
- 62.72 KWD
Social Security
** - 19.60 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.92 KWD
Total tax
- 86.24 KWD
Net pay
*
698 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
698 KWD
Net pay
94.08 KWD
Tax the employer pays
86.24 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
180 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 94.08 KWD to pay you 784 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 9,408 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,035 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,373 KWD per year, or 698 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 7691
18.3%
1
Canada
KWD 6953
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 8791
6.6%
1
Taiwan
KWD 8384
10.9%
2
Thailand
KWD 8189
13.0%
3
Australia
KWD 8079
14.1%
4
South Korea
KWD 7804
17.1%
5
New Zealand
KWD 7731
17.8%
6
Kazakhstan
KWD 7540
19.9%
7
Indonesia
KWD 7446
20.9%
8
Pakistan
KWD 7391
21.4%
9
Singapore
KWD 7386
21.5%
10
Japan
KWD 7282
22.6%
11
Malaysia
KWD 7226
23.2%
12
Philippines
KWD 7015
25.4%
13
Vietnam
KWD 6745
28.3%
14
China
KWD 6338
32.6%
15
India
KWD 6054
35.7%
16
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 7288
22.5%
1
Angola
KWD 6897
26.7%
2
Mozambique
KWD 6793
27.8%
3
Kenya
KWD 6741
28.4%
4
Ghana
KWD 6529
30.6%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 6480
31.1%
6
Nigeria
KWD 6437
31.6%
7
Morocco
KWD 6394
32.0%
8
Uganda
KWD 6205
34.0%
9
Cameroon
KWD 6106
35.1%
10
Senegal
KWD 5996
36.3%
11
Zambia
KWD 5875
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8938
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 8938
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8655
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 8655
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8467
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 8373
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 7826
16.8%
7
Egypt
KWD 7141
24.1%
8
Lebanon
KWD 7114
24.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 5538
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%.