Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
80,746 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
80,475 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
80,475 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 80,746 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.07 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 968,952 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 965,697 KWD per year, or 80,475 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
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 869969
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 805238
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 758412
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 656152
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 634051
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 631191
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 630322
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 603718
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 594330
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 589107
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 577639
40.4%
11
China
KWD 541644
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 530308
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 519444
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 514557
46.9%
15
India
KWD 178476
81.6%
16
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 704966
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 678422
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 660775
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 659119
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 641268
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 630497
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 595995
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 590324
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 587866
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 581722
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 535975
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 534019
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 965697
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 964534
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 956523
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 920504
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 920504
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 891436
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 726799
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 726772
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 564386
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 491990
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%.