Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
961 KWD
Pension
- 76.88 KWD
Social Security
** - 24.03 KWD
Unemployment
- 4.81 KWD
Total tax
- 106 KWD
Net pay
*
855 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
855 KWD
Net pay
115 KWD
Tax the employer pays
106 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
221 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 115 KWD to pay you 961 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 11,532 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,269 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 10,263 KWD per year, or 855 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 9262
19.7%
1
Canada
KWD 8411
27.1%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 10426
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 9909
14.1%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 9849
14.6%
3
Ecuador
KWD 9545
17.2%
4
Chile
KWD 9325
19.1%
5
Panama
KWD 9230
20.0%
6
Colombia
KWD 9101
21.1%
7
Peru
KWD 8713
24.5%
8
Mexico
KWD 8621
25.3%
9
Brazil
KWD 8533
26.0%
10
Uruguay
KWD 8119
29.6%
11
Argentina
KWD 7494
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 8628
25.2%
1
Angola
KWD 8443
26.8%
2
Kenya
KWD 8228
28.7%
3
Mozambique
KWD 8174
29.1%
4
Ghana
KWD 7934
31.2%
5
Nigeria
KWD 7882
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
KWD 7795
32.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 7681
33.4%
8
Uganda
KWD 7438
35.5%
9
Cameroon
KWD 7399
35.8%
10
Senegal
KWD 7270
37.0%
11
Zambia
KWD 7182
37.7%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 10955
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 10955
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 10609
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 10609
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 10379
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 10263
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 9339
19.0%
7
Egypt
KWD 8734
24.3%
8
Lebanon
KWD 8707
24.5%
9
Turkey
KWD 6775
41.3%
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%.