Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
79,550 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
79,279 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
79,279 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 79,550 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 954,600 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 951,345 KWD per year, or 79,279 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 519570
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 450784
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 857052
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 793325
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 747218
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 646450
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 624722
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 621862
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 620994
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 594807
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 585575
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 580496
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 569172
40.4%
11
China
KWD 533750
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 522573
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 511837
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 507076
46.9%
15
India
KWD 176825
81.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 845137
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 692257
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 644253
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 639237
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 621970
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 620488
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 618894
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 589520
38.2%
8
Uruguay
KWD 588162
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 587111
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 580246
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 548752
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 694525
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 668375
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 650982
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 649357
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 631774
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 621168
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 587169
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 581586
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 579169
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 573111
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 528081
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 526126
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 951345
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 950182
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 942314
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 906870
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 906870
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 878232
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 716035
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 716008
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 556027
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 484814
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%.