Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
80,569,757 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
80,569,486 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
80,569,486 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 80,569,757 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 966,837,084 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 966,833,829 KWD per year, or 80,569,486 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% 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 515334934
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 449300238
53.5%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 703374032
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 676786114
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 659696748
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 657642623
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 639563037
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 628444783
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 594604896
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 588659137
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 585892364
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 580102601
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 531763447
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 531761492
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 966832666
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 966833829
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 957165973
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 918495230
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 918495230
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 889490117
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 725127898
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 563095645
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 483426056
50.0%
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%.