Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
79,549 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
79,278 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
79,278 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 79,549 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 954,588 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 951,333 KWD per year, or 79,278 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 519563
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 450779
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 857042
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 793316
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 747208
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 646442
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 624714
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 621854
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 620986
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 594800
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 585568
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 580489
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 569165
40.4%
11
China
KWD 533744
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 522567
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 511831
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 507070
46.9%
15
India
KWD 176823
81.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 845126
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 692249
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 644245
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 639229
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 621962
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 620480
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 618887
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 589512
38.2%
8
Uruguay
KWD 588154
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 587104
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 580239
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 548746
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 694516
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 668367
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 650974
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 649349
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 631766
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 621160
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 587161
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 581579
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 579162
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 573104
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 528075
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 526119
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 951333
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 950170
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 942302
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 906859
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 906859
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 878221
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 716026
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 715999
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 556020
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 484808
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%.