Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
97,488 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
97,217 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
97,217 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 97,488 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.06 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,169,856 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,166,601 KWD per year, or 97,217 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 634301
45.8%
1
Canada
KWD 550815
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1050783
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 971988
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 915117
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 791963
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 764638
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 761778
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 760910
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 728445
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 716881
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 709650
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 696171
40.5%
11
China
KWD 652141
44.3%
12
Japan
KWD 638581
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 625923
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 619286
47.1%
15
India
KWD 201594
82.8%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1035656
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 848318
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 788743
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 782920
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 761886
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 760404
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 758057
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 720821
38.4%
8
Peru
KWD 718955
38.5%
9
Uruguay
KWD 718900
38.6%
10
Chile
KWD 709400
39.4%
11
Ecuador
KWD 671548
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 851123
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 819055
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 797857
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 795774
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 774166
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 761085
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 719551
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 712645
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 709612
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 702264
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 646472
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 644516
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1166601
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1165438
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1155418
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1111363
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1111363
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1076268
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 877477
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 877450
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 681395
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 592442
49.4%
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%.