Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
820 KWD
Pension
- 65.60 KWD
Social Security
** - 20.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 4.10 KWD
Total tax
- 90.20 KWD
Net pay
*
730 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
730 KWD
Net pay
98.40 KWD
Tax the employer pays
90.20 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
189 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 98.40 KWD to pay you 820 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 9,840 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,082 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 8,758 KWD per year, or 730 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 8010
18.6%
1
Canada
KWD 7273
26.1%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 8896
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 8583
12.8%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8547
13.1%
3
Ecuador
KWD 8279
15.9%
4
Panama
KWD 7950
19.2%
5
Colombia
KWD 7917
19.6%
6
Chile
KWD 7844
20.3%
7
Peru
KWD 7484
24.0%
8
Mexico
KWD 7483
24.0%
9
Brazil
KWD 7306
25.8%
10
Uruguay
KWD 7092
27.9%
11
Argentina
KWD 6394
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 7565
23.1%
1
Angola
KWD 7212
26.7%
2
Mozambique
KWD 7074
28.1%
3
Kenya
KWD 7043
28.4%
4
Ghana
KWD 6815
30.7%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 6747
31.4%
6
Nigeria
KWD 6731
31.6%
7
Morocco
KWD 6656
32.4%
8
Uganda
KWD 6486
34.1%
9
Cameroon
KWD 6369
35.3%
10
Senegal
KWD 6255
36.4%
11
Zambia
KWD 6141
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9348
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 9348
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 9053
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 9053
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 8856
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 8758
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 8138
17.3%
7
Egypt
KWD 7465
24.1%
8
Lebanon
KWD 7438
24.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 5790
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%.