Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
26,433 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
*
26,297 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.5%
99.5%
Net pay
0.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
26,297 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 26,433 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.11 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.5% tax rate now rises to 1.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 634,392 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 631,137 KWD per year, or 52,595 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.5% 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 348899
45.0%
1
Canada
KWD 301982
52.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 568865
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 527553
16.8%
2
Singapore
KWD 497455
21.6%
3
Indonesia
KWD 429990
32.2%
4
Thailand
KWD 416587
34.3%
5
Pakistan
KWD 413727
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 412858
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 396012
37.6%
8
New Zealand
KWD 390248
38.5%
9
Taiwan
KWD 388371
38.8%
10
Malaysia
KWD 380252
40.1%
11
China
KWD 357636
43.6%
12
Japan
KWD 350004
44.8%
13
Australia
KWD 342127
46.1%
14
South Korea
KWD 340156
46.4%
15
India
KWD 139978
77.9%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 561727
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 460106
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 429313
32.3%
3
Panama
KWD 425498
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 413835
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 412353
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 411880
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 394201
37.9%
8
Uruguay
KWD 393680
37.9%
9
Peru
KWD 390984
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 388122
38.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 366085
42.3%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 461573
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 444230
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 432496
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 431552
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 419956
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 413033
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 390241
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 386628
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 385127
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 380986
39.9%
10
South Africa
KWD 351967
44.5%
11
Uganda
KWD 350011
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 631137
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 629974
0.7%
2
Bahrain
KWD 625308
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 602672
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 602672
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 583641
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 475879
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 475852
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 369535
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 324710
48.8%
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%.