Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
360 KWD
Pension
- 28.80 KWD
Social Security
** - 9 KWD
Unemployment
- 1.80 KWD
Total tax
- 39.60 KWD
Net pay
*
320 KWD
Marginal tax rate
11.0%
Average tax rate
11.0%
89.0%
Net pay
11.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
320 KWD
Net pay
43.20 KWD
Tax the employer pays
39.60 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
82.80 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 43.20 KWD to pay you 360 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 2.30 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11% tax rate now rises to 20.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 8,640 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 950 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 7,690 KWD per year, or 641 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 11.0% and your marginal tax rate is 11.0%. 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 11 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 89 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 890 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 4,450 KWD of net incomes.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 7122
17.6%
1
Canada
KWD 6388
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
KWD 8107
6.2%
1
Taiwan
KWD 7721
10.6%
2
Thailand
KWD 7592
12.1%
3
Australia
KWD 7521
13.0%
4
South Korea
KWD 7204
16.6%
5
New Zealand
KWD 7166
17.1%
6
Kazakhstan
KWD 6918
19.9%
7
Indonesia
KWD 6887
20.3%
8
Pakistan
KWD 6873
20.5%
9
Singapore
KWD 6806
21.2%
10
Japan
KWD 6758
21.8%
11
Malaysia
KWD 6730
22.1%
12
Philippines
KWD 6496
24.8%
13
Vietnam
KWD 6264
27.5%
14
China
KWD 5875
32.0%
15
India
KWD 5618
35.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 7812
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
KWD 7615
11.9%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 7580
12.3%
3
Ecuador
KWD 7356
14.9%
4
Colombia
KWD 7076
18.1%
5
Panama
KWD 7043
18.5%
6
Chile
KWD 6935
19.7%
7
Mexico
KWD 6676
22.7%
8
Peru
KWD 6607
23.5%
9
Brazil
KWD 6436
25.5%
10
Uruguay
KWD 6240
27.8%
11
Argentina
KWD 5614
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
KWD 6792
21.4%
1
Angola
KWD 6339
26.6%
2
Mozambique
KWD 6294
27.2%
3
Kenya
KWD 6203
28.2%
4
Ghana
KWD 6021
30.3%
5
Ivory Coast
KWD 6001
30.6%
6
Morocco
KWD 5929
31.4%
7
Nigeria
KWD 5915
31.5%
8
Uganda
KWD 5706
34.0%
9
Cameroon
KWD 5638
34.7%
10
Senegal
KWD 5535
35.9%
11
Zambia
KWD 5403
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
KWD 8208
5.0%
1
Qatar
KWD 8208
5.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 7949
8.0%
3
Oman
KWD 7949
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
KWD 7776
10.0%
5
Kuwait
KWD 7690
11.0%
6
Israel
KWD 7247
16.1%
7
Egypt
KWD 6565
24.0%
8
Lebanon
KWD 6538
24.3%
9
Turkey
KWD 5091
41.1%
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%.