Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
943 KWD
Pension
- 75.44 KWD
Social Security
** - 23.58 KWD
Unemployment
- 4.72 KWD
Total tax
- 104 KWD
Net pay
*
839 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
839 KWD
Net pay
113 KWD
Tax the employer pays
104 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
217 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 113 KWD to pay you 943 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 11,316 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,245 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 10,071 KWD per year, or 839 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 9102
19.6%
1
Canada
KWD 8271
26.9%
2
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 8496
24.9%
1
Angola
KWD 8286
26.8%
2
Kenya
KWD 8077
28.6%
3
Mozambique
KWD 8034
29.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 7791
31.2%
5
Nigeria
KWD 7735
31.6%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 7661
32.3%
7
Morocco
KWD 7550
33.3%
8
Uganda
KWD 7319
35.3%
9
Cameroon
KWD 7268
35.8%
10
Senegal
KWD 7140
36.9%
11
Zambia
KWD 7049
37.7%
12
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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%.