Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,225 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
*
12,162 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
12,162 KWD
Net pay
76.15 KWD
Tax the employer pays
62.60 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
139 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 76.15 KWD to pay you 12,225 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 635,700 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 632,445 KWD per year, or 52,704 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.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 349596
45.0%
1
Canada
KWD 302590
52.4%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 562884
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 461055
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 430191
32.3%
3
Panama
KWD 426371
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 414685
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 413203
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 412726
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 394998
37.9%
8
Uruguay
KWD 394475
38.0%
9
Peru
KWD 391785
38.4%
10
Chile
KWD 388906
38.8%
11
Ecuador
KWD 366831
42.3%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 632445
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 631282
0.7%
2
Bahrain
KWD 626603
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 603915
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 603915
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 584844
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 476860
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 476833
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 370297
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 325364
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%.