Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
90,740 KWD
Pension
- 2,640 KWD
Social Security
** - 450 KWD
Unemployment
- 165 KWD
Total tax
- 3,255 KWD
Net pay
*
87,485 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
3.6%
96.4%
Net pay
3.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
87,485 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 90,740 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.80 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
7.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 3.6% tax rate now rises to 7.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 90,740 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 87,485 KWD per year, or 7,290 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 3.6% 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 57553
36.6%
1
Canada
KWD 49345
45.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 79578
12.3%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 76322
15.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 73402
19.1%
3
Thailand
KWD 63213
30.3%
4
Indonesia
KWD 62481
31.1%
5
Taiwan
KWD 62180
31.5%
6
Pakistan
KWD 60353
33.5%
7
Vietnam
KWD 59485
34.4%
8
China
KWD 58627
35.4%
9
New Zealand
KWD 58620
35.4%
10
Malaysia
KWD 58528
35.5%
11
Philippines
KWD 58494
35.5%
12
Japan
KWD 56995
37.2%
13
South Korea
KWD 56141
38.1%
14
Australia
KWD 53991
40.5%
15
India
KWD 45350
50.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 80551
11.2%
1
Brazil
KWD 65959
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 64387
29.0%
3
Uruguay
KWD 63488
30.0%
4
Panama
KWD 62610
31.0%
5
Colombia
KWD 62585
31.0%
6
Chile
KWD 61930
31.8%
7
Mexico
KWD 60461
33.4%
8
Puerto Rico
KWD 60409
33.4%
9
Argentina
KWD 58979
35.0%
10
Peru
KWD 57997
36.1%
11
Ecuador
KWD 55950
38.3%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 66066
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 63673
29.8%
2
Nigeria
KWD 61759
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 61549
32.2%
4
Ghana
KWD 60330
33.5%
5
Mozambique
KWD 59659
34.3%
6
Zambia
KWD 55895
38.4%
7
Morocco
KWD 55680
38.6%
8
Cameroon
KWD 55625
38.7%
9
Senegal
KWD 54795
39.6%
10
South Africa
KWD 52958
41.6%
11
Uganda
KWD 51003
43.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 87485
3.6%
1
Bahrain
KWD 87093
4.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 86322
4.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 86203
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 86203
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 83481
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 68140
24.9%
7
Lebanon
KWD 68113
24.9%
8
Turkey
KWD 52907
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 52884
41.7%
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%.