Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,880 KWD
Pension
- 10.15 KWD
Social Security
** - 1.73 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.63 KWD
Total tax
- 12.52 KWD
Net pay
*
3,867 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
3,867 KWD
Net pay
15.23 KWD
Tax the employer pays
12.52 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27.75 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 15.23 KWD to pay you 3,880 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 1,008,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,005,545 KWD per year, or 83,795 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
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 893108
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 731552
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 680634
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 675415
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 657200
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 655718
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 653935
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 622580
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 621081
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 620309
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 612766
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 579672
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 733955
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 706315
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 687964
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 686224
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 667627
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 656398
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 620502
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 614586
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 612014
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 605631
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 557891
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 555936
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1005545
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1004382
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 995972
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 958360
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 958360
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 928096
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 756685
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 756658
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 587594
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 511914
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%.