Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
30,550 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
30,279 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.9%
99.1%
Net pay
0.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
30,279 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 30,550 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.20 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.9% tax rate now rises to 1.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 366,600 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 363,345 KWD per year, or 30,279 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.9% 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 206166
43.8%
1
Canada
KWD 177538
51.6%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 324709
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 265957
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 249558
31.9%
3
Panama
KWD 246747
32.7%
4
Mexico
KWD 239770
34.6%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 238752
34.9%
6
Argentina
KWD 238288
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 231034
37.0%
8
Colombia
KWD 230854
37.0%
9
Chile
KWD 227446
38.0%
10
Peru
KWD 226961
38.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 213319
41.8%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 266755
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 256775
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 249775
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 249399
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 242812
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 238968
34.8%
6
Zambia
KWD 225549
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 223582
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 222848
39.2%
9
Senegal
KWD 220311
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 204681
44.2%
11
Uganda
KWD 202726
44.7%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 363345
0.9%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 362182
1.2%
2
Bahrain
KWD 360194
1.8%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 348270
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 348270
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 337272
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 275035
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 275008
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 213570
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 190814
48.0%
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%.