Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
97,400 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
*
97,337 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.1%
99.9%
Net pay
0.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
97,337 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 97,400 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.01 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.1% tax rate now rises to 0.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,064,800 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,061,545 KWD per year, or 421,795 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.1% 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 2710306
46.5%
1
Canada
KWD 2360811
53.4%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 4482997
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 3672152
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3403224
32.8%
3
Panama
KWD 3382795
33.2%
4
Mexico
KWD 3293600
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3292118
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3276139
35.3%
7
Peru
KWD 3104609
38.7%
8
Colombia
KWD 3096643
38.9%
9
Uruguay
KWD 3084533
39.1%
10
Chile
KWD 3046366
39.9%
11
Ecuador
KWD 2893478
42.9%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3684695
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3545515
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3455474
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3445115
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 3350671
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 3292798
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 3114942
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 3084081
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 3069901
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 3039231
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2788691
44.9%
11
Uganda
KWD 2786736
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 5061545
0.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 5060382
0.1%
2
Bahrain
KWD 5011412
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 4811560
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 4811560
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 4659616
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 3798685
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 3798658
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 2949849
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2539914
49.9%
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%.