Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
468 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
*
466 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
466 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 468 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 973,440 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 970,185 KWD per year, or 80,849 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 529611
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 459539
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 874008
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 808963
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 761913
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 659186
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 636968
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 634108
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 633240
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 606504
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 597067
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 591800
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 580287
40.4%
11
China
KWD 544112
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 532726
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 521822
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 516897
46.9%
15
India
KWD 178992
81.6%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 861812
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 705916
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 656899
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 651812
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 634216
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 632734
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 631074
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 601012
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 599604
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 598651
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 591550
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 559500
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 708231
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 681563
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 663837
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 662172
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 644236
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 633414
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 598755
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 593057
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 590586
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 584415
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 538443
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 536488
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 970185
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 969022
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 960966
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 924768
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 924768
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 895565
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 730165
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 730138
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 567000
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 494234
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%.