Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,778 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
8,507 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
3.1%
96.9%
Net pay
3.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
8,507 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 8,778 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.68 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 3.1% tax rate now rises to 6.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 105,336 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 102,081 KWD per year, or 8,507 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.1% 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 65620
37.7%
1
Canada
KWD 56128
46.7%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 93469
11.3%
1
Brazil
KWD 76541
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 74184
29.6%
3
Panama
KWD 72353
31.3%
4
Uruguay
KWD 72353
31.3%
5
Colombia
KWD 71488
32.1%
6
Chile
KWD 70688
32.9%
7
Mexico
KWD 69948
33.6%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 69845
33.7%
9
Argentina
KWD 68466
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 66937
36.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 64277
39.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 76685
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 73891
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 71688
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 71508
32.1%
4
Ghana
KWD 69986
33.6%
5
Mozambique
KWD 69147
34.4%
6
Zambia
KWD 64871
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 64525
38.7%
8
Cameroon
KWD 64512
38.8%
9
Senegal
KWD 63552
39.7%
10
South Africa
KWD 60986
42.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 59030
44.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 102081
3.1%
1
Bahrain
KWD 101543
3.6%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 100918
4.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 100069
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 100069
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 96909
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 79087
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 79060
24.9%
8
Turkey
KWD 61408
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 60182
42.9%
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%.