Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
88,833 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
88,562 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
88,562 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 88,833 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 1,065,996 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,062,741 KWD per year, or 88,562 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 578944
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 502550
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 957309
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 885784
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 834106
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 721754
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 697129
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 694269
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 693401
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 663966
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 653527
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 647334
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 634894
40.4%
11
China
KWD 595018
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 582608
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 570877
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 565145
47.0%
15
India
KWD 189643
82.2%
16
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1062741
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1061578
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1052596
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1012696
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1012696
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 980716
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 799582
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 799555
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 620905
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 540512
49.3%
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%.