Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,093 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
*
10,957 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
1.2%
98.8%
Net pay
1.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10,957 KWD
Net pay
165 KWD
Tax the employer pays
136 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
301 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 165 KWD to pay you 11,093 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.27 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.2% tax rate now rises to 2.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 266,232 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 262,977 KWD per year, or 21,915 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 1.2% 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 152669
42.7%
1
Canada
KWD 130897
50.8%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 235875
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 193190
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 182186
31.6%
3
Panama
KWD 179751
32.5%
4
Mexico
KWD 174531
34.4%
5
Puerto Rico
KWD 173864
34.7%
6
Argentina
KWD 173049
35.0%
7
Uruguay
KWD 170074
36.1%
8
Colombia
KWD 169632
36.3%
9
Chile
KWD 167226
37.2%
10
Peru
KWD 165486
37.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 156063
41.4%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 193737
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 186518
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 181291
31.9%
3
Nigeria
KWD 181129
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 176418
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 173729
34.8%
6
Zambia
KWD 163822
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 162473
39.0%
8
Morocco
KWD 162026
39.1%
9
Senegal
KWD 160090
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 149479
43.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 147523
44.6%
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%.