Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
79,400 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
79,129 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.3%
99.7%
Net pay
0.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
79,129 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 79,400 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.08 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 952,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 949,545 KWD per year, or 79,129 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.3% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. 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 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 518610
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 449948
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 855432
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 791831
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 745814
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 645234
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 623552
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 620692
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 619824
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 593690
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 584477
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 579416
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 568110
40.4%
11
China
KWD 532760
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 521603
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 510883
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 506138
46.9%
15
India
KWD 176617
81.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 843543
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 690952
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 643044
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 638035
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 620800
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 619318
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 617731
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 588422
38.2%
8
Uruguay
KWD 587068
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 586009
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 579166
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 547726
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 693215
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 667115
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 649754
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 648133
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 630583
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 619998
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 586062
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 580490
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 578078
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 572031
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 527091
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 525136
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 949545
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 948382
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 940532
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 905160
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 905160
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 876576
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 714685
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 714658
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 554979
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 483914
49.2%
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%.