Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
88,918 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
88,647 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
88,647 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 88,918 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 1,067,016 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,063,761 KWD per year, or 88,647 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 579487
45.7%
1
Canada
KWD 503024
52.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 958227
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 886631
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 834902
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 722444
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 697792
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 694932
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 694064
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 664599
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 654149
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 647946
39.3%
10
Malaysia
KWD 635496
40.4%
11
China
KWD 595579
44.2%
12
Japan
KWD 583157
45.4%
13
Australia
KWD 571418
46.5%
14
South Korea
KWD 565677
47.0%
15
India
KWD 189760
82.2%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 944634
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 773759
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 719712
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 714274
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 695040
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 693558
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 691571
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 658091
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 656439
38.5%
9
Peru
KWD 655966
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 647696
39.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 612882
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 776307
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 747067
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 727686
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 725822
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 706137
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 694239
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 656304
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 650031
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 647292
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 640560
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 589910
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 587954
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1063761
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1062598
0.4%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1053606
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1013665
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1013665
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 981655
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 800347
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 800320
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 621500
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 541022
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%.