Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
591,916 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
*
588,661 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
588,661 KWD
Net pay
3,960 KWD
Tax the employer pays
3,255 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7,215 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3,960 KWD to pay you 591,916 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.12 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
1.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.5% tax rate now rises to 1.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 591,916 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 588,661 KWD per year, or 49,055 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.6% 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 326259
44.9%
1
Canada
KWD 282243
52.3%
2
Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 524132
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 429311
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 400801
32.3%
3
Panama
KWD 397145
32.9%
4
Mexico
KWD 386225
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 384743
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 384419
35.1%
7
Colombia
KWD 368291
37.8%
8
Uruguay
KWD 367882
37.9%
9
Peru
KWD 364967
38.3%
10
Chile
KWD 362636
38.7%
11
Ecuador
KWD 341854
42.3%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 588661
0.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 587498
0.8%
2
Bahrain
KWD 583257
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 562320
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 562320
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 544563
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 444022
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 443995
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 344797
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 303472
48.7%
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%.