Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
216 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
*
214 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.7%
99.3%
Net pay
0.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
214 KWD
Net pay
1.90 KWD
Tax the employer pays
1.56 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3.47 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1.90 KWD to pay you 216 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.16 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.7% tax rate now rises to 1.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 449,280 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 446,025 KWD per year, or 37,169 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.7% 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 250234
44.3%
1
Canada
KWD 215960
51.9%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 397887
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 325900
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 305057
32.1%
3
Panama
KWD 301935
32.8%
4
Mexico
KWD 293512
34.7%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 292205
35.0%
6
Argentina
KWD 292030
35.0%
7
Colombia
KWD 281287
37.4%
8
Uruguay
KWD 281250
37.4%
9
Peru
KWD 277603
38.2%
10
Chile
KWD 277054
38.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 260485
42.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 326904
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 314651
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 306189
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 305638
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 297505
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 292710
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 276397
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 273922
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 272951
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 269919
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 250155
44.3%
11
Uganda
KWD 248200
44.8%
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%.