End-of-service calculator: Kuwait
Work out years of service, an end-of-service gratuity by days of basic salary per year, and unused annual leave paid out.
Enter the figures and press Calculate: the breakdown shows here, with the rules used.
Results are estimates for planning only, not legal, tax or payroll advice. Rates marked "estimate" are published figures Mihnaro has not confirmed; check them with the country’s tax authority, its social security body or your accountant, and your employment contract. Each rule shows its source.
Rules for Kuwait and their sources
The version in force from 2010-02-21. "Verified" rules were checked against the official source named; the others are estimates to confirm. · Expatriate employees paid monthly
Requires confirmation
These rules of Kuwait are not applied, or are applied as estimates, because we could not confirm them from an official source yet. What is needed to add them:
- Income tax brackets, Employee social security %, Employer social security %, Overtime, Hours in a work day, Paid annual leave days (minimum): Not entered: the official pages did not open, so the salary, cost and overtime calculators are not offered. Needed: Kuwait’s statement that salaries are not taxed, PIFSS’s position on expatriates, and the Labour Law’s hours, overtime and leave articles.
Pay and working time
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Currency: KWD Legal basis cited
Central Bank of Kuwait · read 2026-11-01
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Salary days in a month: 30 Confirmed by the owner
Calculation convention · read 2026-11-01
Confirmed by the owner on 2026-11-02 (earlier: A month counted as 30 days for a day's pay; not a rule of law.).
End of service
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Minimum years of service: 0 Confirmed by the owner
Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010 · Art. 51 · read 2026-11-01
Confirmed by the owner on 2026-11-02.
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Gratuity days per year, by years of service: 0–5: 15 · 5–∞: 30 Confirmed by the owner
Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010 · Art. 51 · read 2026-11-01
Confirmed by the owner on 2026-11-02 (earlier: Monthly paid: 15 days’ wage a year for the first five years, a month’s wage a year after.).
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Gratuity capped at (months of salary): 18 Confirmed by the owner
Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010 · Art. 51 · read 2026-11-01
Confirmed by the owner on 2026-11-02 (earlier: At most a year and a half’s wage.).
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Share of the gratuity on resignation, by years of service: 0–3: 0% · 3–5: 50% · 5–10: 66.6667% · 10–∞: 100% Confirmed by the owner
Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010 · Art. 53 · read 2026-11-01
Confirmed by the owner on 2026-11-02 (earlier: On resignation: half after 3 to 5 years, two thirds after 5 to 10, all after 10.).
Every Kuwait rule here is an estimate: the official text could not be opened from Mihnaro’s servers. Working hours, overtime, leave, tax and social security are not entered yet.
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