Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
82,008 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
81,737 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
81,737 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 82,008 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 984,096 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 980,841 KWD per year, or 81,737 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 535291
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 464491
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 883599
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 817807
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 770224
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 666390
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 643894
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 641034
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 640166
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 613119
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 603568
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 598194
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 586574
40.4%
11
China
KWD 549973
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 538469
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 527470
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 522452
46.9%
15
India
KWD 180219
81.7%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 871243
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 713642
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 664052
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 658925
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 641142
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 639660
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 637964
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 607512
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 606076
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 605177
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 597944
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 565579
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 715983
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 689023
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 671108
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 669420
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 651285
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 640341
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 605309
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 599545
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 597043
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 590808
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 544304
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 542348
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 980841
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 979678
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 971515
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 934891
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 934891
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 905368
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 738157
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 738130
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 573206
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 499562
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%.