Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
461 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
*
459 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
459 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 461 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.08 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 958,880 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 955,625 KWD per year, or 79,635 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 521851
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 452773
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 860904
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 796878
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 750556
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 649344
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 627504
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 624644
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 623776
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 597465
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 588186
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 583064
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 571697
40.4%
11
China
KWD 536104
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 524880
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 514105
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 509307
46.9%
15
India
KWD 177317
81.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 848925
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 695360
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 647126
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 642093
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 624752
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 623270
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 621661
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 592130
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 590761
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 589733
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 582814
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 551194
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 697638
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 671371
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 653902
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 652268
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 634605
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 623950
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 589801
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 584192
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 581763
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 575679
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 530435
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 528480
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 955625
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 954462
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 946551
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 910936
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 910936
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 882170
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 719245
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 719218
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 558520
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 486954
49.2%
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%.