Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
802 KWD
Pension
- 64.16 KWD
Social Security
** - 20.05 KWD
Unemployment
- 4.01 KWD
Total tax
- 88.22 KWD
Net pay
*
714 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
714 KWD
Net pay
96.24 KWD
Tax the employer pays
88.22 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
184 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 96.24 KWD to pay you 802 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 9,624 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,059 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,565 KWD per year, or 714 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
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 8978
6.7%
1
Taiwan
KWD 8571
10.9%
2
Thailand
KWD 8351
13.2%
3
Australia
KWD 8221
14.6%
4
South Korea
KWD 7971
17.2%
5
New Zealand
KWD 7879
18.1%
6
Kazakhstan
KWD 7715
19.8%
7
Indonesia
KWD 7603
21.0%
8
Singapore
KWD 7543
21.6%
9
Pakistan
KWD 7537
21.7%
10
Japan
KWD 7429
22.8%
11
Malaysia
KWD 7365
23.5%
12
Philippines
KWD 7160
25.6%
13
Vietnam
KWD 6881
28.5%
14
China
KWD 6472
32.8%
15
India
KWD 6177
35.8%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 8701
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 8414
12.6%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8373
13.0%
3
Ecuador
KWD 8113
15.7%
4
Panama
KWD 7787
19.1%
5
Colombia
KWD 7765
19.3%
6
Chile
KWD 7681
20.2%
7
Mexico
KWD 7338
23.8%
8
Peru
KWD 7327
23.9%
9
Brazil
KWD 7150
25.7%
10
Uruguay
KWD 6953
27.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 6253
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 7426
22.8%
1
Angola
KWD 7055
26.7%
2
Mozambique
KWD 6934
28.0%
3
Kenya
KWD 6892
28.4%
4
Ghana
KWD 6672
30.7%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 6613
31.3%
6
Nigeria
KWD 6584
31.6%
7
Morocco
KWD 6525
32.2%
8
Uganda
KWD 6346
34.1%
9
Cameroon
KWD 6238
35.2%
10
Senegal
KWD 6125
36.4%
11
Zambia
KWD 6008
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9143
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 9143
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 8854
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 8854
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8662
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 8565
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 7982
17.1%
7
Egypt
KWD 7303
24.1%
8
Lebanon
KWD 7276
24.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 5664
41.2%
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%.