Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
850 KWD
Pension
- 68 KWD
Social Security
** - 21.25 KWD
Unemployment
- 4.25 KWD
Total tax
- 93.50 KWD
Net pay
*
757 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
757 KWD
Net pay
102 KWD
Tax the employer pays
93.50 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
196 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 102 KWD to pay you 850 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 10,200 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,122 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 9,078 KWD per year, or 757 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 8277
18.9%
1
Canada
KWD 7522
26.3%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 9222
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 8866
13.1%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 8825
13.5%
3
Ecuador
KWD 8556
16.1%
4
Panama
KWD 8223
19.4%
5
Colombia
KWD 8168
19.9%
6
Chile
KWD 8137
20.2%
7
Peru
KWD 7745
24.1%
8
Mexico
KWD 7725
24.3%
9
Brazil
KWD 7567
25.8%
10
Uruguay
KWD 7310
28.3%
11
Argentina
KWD 6628
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 7795
23.6%
1
Angola
KWD 7474
26.7%
2
Mozambique
KWD 7308
28.4%
3
Kenya
KWD 7295
28.5%
4
Ghana
KWD 7053
30.9%
5
Nigeria
KWD 6976
31.6%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 6970
31.7%
7
Morocco
KWD 6874
32.6%
8
Uganda
KWD 6706
34.3%
9
Cameroon
KWD 6588
35.4%
10
Senegal
KWD 6471
36.6%
11
Zambia
KWD 6363
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 9690
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 9690
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 9384
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 9384
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 9180
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 9078
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 8398
17.7%
7
Egypt
KWD 7735
24.2%
8
Lebanon
KWD 7708
24.4%
9
Turkey
KWD 5999
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%.