Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
82,185 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
81,914 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
81,914 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 82,185 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 986,220 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 982,965 KWD per year, or 81,914 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 536423
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 465478
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 885510
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 819570
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 771881
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 667825
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 645275
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 642415
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 641547
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 614438
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 604863
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 599468
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 587827
40.4%
11
China
KWD 551141
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 539614
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 528596
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 523559
46.9%
15
India
KWD 180463
81.7%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 873123
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 715182
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 665478
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 660343
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 642523
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 641041
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 639337
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 608807
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 607366
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 606478
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 599218
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 566790
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 717528
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 690509
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 672557
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 670865
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 652690
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 641721
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 606615
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 600838
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 598330
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 592083
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 545472
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 543517
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 982965
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 981802
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 973618
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 936909
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 936909
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 907322
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 739750
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 739723
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 574443
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 500624
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%.