Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
34,071 KWD
Pension
- 110 KWD
Social Security
** - 18.75 KWD
Unemployment
- 6.88 KWD
Total tax
- 136 KWD
Net pay
*
33,935 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.4%
99.6%
Net pay
0.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
33,935 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 34,071 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.09 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.4% tax rate now rises to 0.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 817,704 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 814,449 KWD per year, or 67,871 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.4% 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 446604
45.4%
1
Canada
KWD 387168
52.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 733846
10.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 679702
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 640439
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 553909
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 535740
34.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 532880
34.8%
6
Vietnam
KWD 532011
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 509818
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 502068
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 498358
39.1%
10
Malaysia
KWD 488404
40.3%
11
China
KWD 458457
43.9%
12
Japan
KWD 448796
45.1%
13
Australia
KWD 439282
46.3%
14
South Korea
KWD 435714
46.7%
15
India
KWD 161072
80.3%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 723973
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 593008
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 552361
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 547859
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 532988
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 531505
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 530391
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 506016
38.1%
8
Uruguay
KWD 505016
38.2%
9
Peru
KWD 503262
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 498109
39.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 470658
42.4%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 594933
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 572548
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 557574
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 556240
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 541217
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 532186
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 502978
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 498237
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 496212
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 490973
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 452788
44.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 450833
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 814449
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 813286
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 806787
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 776819
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 776819
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 752288
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 613363
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 613336
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 476298
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 416366
49.1%
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%.