KUWAIT / SALARY

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 0.31 KWD = 1 USD
22,719 KWD $74,374 USD		12,830 KWD $42,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 0.31 KWD = 1 USD

Average Salary / Kuwait

Average salary in Kuwait is 22,719 KWD per year. The most typical earning is 12,830 KWD. All data are based on 917 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 22,483 KWD. Women receive a salary of 19,734 KWD.

The most paid careers are Military with average income 42,308 KWD and Law with income 35,069 KWD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 34,335 KWD. The second most paid education level is Bellow H. School with salary of 26,698 KWD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 32,533 KWD. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 27,829 KWD.

Levels / Kuwait (Gross KWD)

Salary Levels (KWD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
3,100 KWD - 4,599 KWD	15	100% 1.64%
4,600 KWD - 6,099 KWD	37	98.36% 4.03%
6,100 KWD - 7,599 KWD	40	94.33% 4.36%
7,600 KWD - 9,199 KWD	46	89.97% 5.02%
9,200 KWD - 10,699 KWD	47	84.95% 5.13%
10,700 KWD - 12,199 KWD	72	79.83% 7.85%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
12,200 KWD - 13,699 KWD	73	71.97% 7.96%
13,700 KWD - 15,299 KWD	49	64.01% 5.34%
15,300 KWD - 16,799 KWD	49	58.67% 5.34%
16,800 KWD - 18,299 KWD	34	53.33% 3.71%
18,300 KWD - 19,899 KWD	39	49.62% 4.25%
19,900 KWD - 21,399 KWD	33	45.37% 3.6%
21,400 KWD - 22,899 KWD	47	41.77% 5.13%
22,900 KWD - 24,399 KWD	29	36.64% 3.16%
24,400 KWD - 25,999 KWD	37	33.48% 4.03%
26,000 KWD - 27,499 KWD	29	29.44% 3.16%
27,500 KWD - 28,999 KWD	8	26.28% 0.87%
29,000 KWD - 30,499 KWD	19	25.41% 2.07%
30,500 KWD - 32,099 KWD	20	23.34% 2.18%
32,100 KWD - 33,599 KWD	23	21.16% 2.51%
33,600 KWD - 35,099 KWD	11	18.65% 1.2%
35,100 KWD - 36,699 KWD	18	17.45% 1.96%
36,700 KWD - 38,199 KWD	9	15.49% 0.98%
38,200 KWD - 39,699 KWD	16	14.5% 1.74%
39,700 KWD - 41,199 KWD	8	12.76% 0.87%
41,200 KWD - 42,799 KWD	5	11.89% 0.55%
42,800 KWD - 44,299 KWD	10	11.34% 1.09%
44,300 KWD - 45,799 KWD	5	10.25% 0.55%
HIGH SALARIES
45,800 KWD - 48,899 KWD	8	9.71% 0.87%
48,900 KWD - 51,899 KWD	19	8.83% 2.07%
51,900 KWD - 54,999 KWD	17	6.76% 1.85%
55,000 KWD - 57,999 KWD	6	4.91% 0.65%
58,000 KWD - 61,099 KWD	4	4.25% 0.44%
61,100 KWD - 64,199 KWD	4	3.82% 0.44%
64,200 KWD - 67,199 KWD	11	3.38% 1.2%
67,200 KWD - 70,299 KWD	3	2.18% 0.33%
70,300 KWD - 73,299 KWD	2	1.85% 0.22%
73,300 KWD - 76,399 KWD	5	1.64% 0.55%
76,400 KWD - 106,899 KWD	10	1.09% 1.09%

Gender / Kuwait (Gross KWD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	633	22,483 KWD
2	Women	138	19,734 KWD

Education / Kuwait (Gross KWD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	46	34,335 KWD
2	Bellow H. School	4	26,698 KWD
3	Masters Degree	304	25,874 KWD
4	Some College	58	21,689 KWD
5	Bachelors Degree	482	20,039 KWD
6	High School	23	16,220 KWD

Experience / Kuwait (Gross KWD)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	100	32,533 KWD
2	16-20 Years	85	27,829 KWD
3	12-16 Years	123	26,546 KWD
4	8-12 Years	205	21,872 KWD
5	1-2 Years	42	19,397 KWD
6	4-8 Years	189	19,092 KWD
7	0-1 Year	72	18,328 KWD
8	2-4 Years	101	17,076 KWD

Age / Kuwait (Gross KWD)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	1	51,839 KWD
2	56-60	13	35,954 KWD
3	61-65	5	35,038 KWD
4	51-55	21	33,327 KWD
5	41-45	73	27,248 KWD
6	46-50	51	27,157 KWD
7	n/a	146	26,576 KWD
8	36-40	138	24,316 KWD
9	14-20	6	21,964 KWD
10	21-25	77	20,467 KWD
11	31-35	207	20,131 KWD
12	26-30	179	16,465 KWD

Work Type / Kuwait (Gross KWD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	14	30,822 KWD
2	Part Time	10	23,644 KWD
3	Permanent	711	23,155 KWD
4	Contract	182	20,375 KWD

Cities / Kuwait (Gross KWD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Kuwait City	834	23,216 KWD
2	--Other--	83	17,595 KWD

Career Groups / Kuwait (Gross KWD)

#		Surveys
1	Military	2	42,308 KWD
2	Law	8	35,069 KWD
3	Public Sector	6	32,839 KWD
4	Engineers & Technicians III	12	30,578 KWD
5	Management & Business	120	30,059 KWD
6	Health Care & Medical	37	29,601 KWD
7	Geography & Geodesy	2	27,401 KWD
8	Properties & Real Estates	4	25,690 KWD
9	Finance & Banking	74	25,568 KWD
10	Fashion	2	25,049 KWD
11	Agriculture & Fishing	1	24,499 KWD
12	IT & Programming II	55	24,346 KWD
13	Education & University	51	23,949 KWD
14	Aviation & Shipping	4	23,399 KWD
15	Customer Services	7	22,819 KWD
16	Organization & Coordination	5	22,727 KWD
17	IT & Programming	85	22,177 KWD
18	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	47	21,261 KWD
19	Hotels & Tourism	5	21,261 KWD
20	Construction & Labor Workers	24	20,528 KWD
21	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	5	20,436 KWD
22	Architect Constructions	28	20,253 KWD
23	Engineers & Technicians V	8	20,161 KWD
24	Making Design	7	19,642 KWD
25	Security & Fireguard	7	19,428 KWD
26	Automobile	9	19,367 KWD
27	Salesmen & Saleswomen	8	19,153 KWD
28	Engineers & Technicians	75	19,061 KWD
29	Logistics, Road, Railway	8	18,573 KWD
30	Accounting & Administration	102	18,450 KWD
31	Health Care & Medical II	13	17,840 KWD
32	Human Resources	59	17,167 KWD
33	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	10	16,465 KWD
34	Media	7	14,327 KWD
35	Insurance	8	14,296 KWD
36	Engineers & Technicians II	5	13,532 KWD
37	Engineers & Technicians IV	4	12,127 KWD
38	Sports & Recreation	3	10,691 KWD

Careers / Kuwait (Gross KWD)

#		Surveys
1	Director	11	47,502 KWD
2	CEO	4	45,455 KWD
3	Business Development Manager	8	43,683 KWD
4	MBA	8	41,300 KWD
5	University Professor	7	36,840 KWD
6	General Manager	12	36,474 KWD
7	Doctor	6	36,260 KWD
8	Business Manager	4	36,046 KWD
9	Oil & Gas Engineer	7	33,999 KWD
10	Risk Manager	7	33,969 KWD
11	Investment Manager	6	32,594 KWD
12	Doctor Specialist	17	32,258 KWD
13	Operations Manager	13	32,228 KWD
14	University Professor Assistant	12	31,800 KWD
15	Marketing Manager	8	31,586 KWD
16	Construction Project Manager	6	31,128 KWD
17	Software Engineer	9	29,906 KWD
18	CPA - Certified Public Accountant	5	29,906 KWD
19	IT Manager	24	29,203 KWD
20	Account Manager	6	28,898 KWD
21	Sales Manager	7	27,920 KWD
22	Finance Manager	12	27,707 KWD
23	Lead Developer	5	27,004 KWD
24	Healthcare Management	7	26,943 KWD
25	Banks	6	26,057 KWD
26	Chartered Accountant	26	25,354 KWD
27	Project Manager	9	24,163 KWD
28	Manager	28	23,185 KWD
29	Network Specialist	7	23,094 KWD
30	Product Manager	4	22,513 KWD
31	IT Project Manager	15	20,864 KWD
32	Engineer	34	20,803 KWD
33	Construction Engineer	9	20,100 KWD
34	Electrical Engineer Lead	4	19,825 KWD
35	Human Resources Manager	30	19,734 KWD
36	Financial Analyst	18	19,397 KWD
37	Other Education Career	5	18,787 KWD
38	.NET Developer	4	18,450 KWD
39	Mechanical Engineer	14	18,420 KWD
40	Other IT Career	7	18,145 KWD
41	Human Resource	12	17,870 KWD
42	Assistant Manager	7	16,098 KWD
43	Software Developer	14	15,701 KWD
44	IT Coordinator	9	15,151 KWD
45	Restaurant Manager	4	15,151 KWD
46	Teacher	5	14,082 KWD
47	Electrical Engineer	10	14,021 KWD
48	Architect	20	13,807 KWD
49	Other Engineer Career	6	13,807 KWD
50	Pharmacist	5	12,921 KWD
51	Other Human Resource Career	8	12,769 KWD
52	Other Administration Career	5	12,677 KWD
53	Sales Engineer	4	12,677 KWD
54	Accountant	18	12,646 KWD
55	Human Resource Coordinator	7	12,310 KWD
56	Accountant Executive	5	10,813 KWD
57	Marketing Executive	6	10,264 KWD
58	Senior Accountant	10	8,675 KWD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

50/50 Application Manager (Man)

Posted 23 July 2024

What I do?

"SAP, SAP Business One."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	34,900 KWD

49/50 Senior Architect (Woman)

Posted 20 May 2024

What I do?

"Meeting Clients, Designing and preparing Working Drawings (including Coordination of Architectural, Structural, HVAC, Plumbing / Fir Protection and Electrical Discipline drawings)."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	14,300 KWD

48/50 Ass Prof DR (Woman)

Posted 23 April 2024

What I do?

"Teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	30,400 KWD

47/50 Project Manager (Man)

Posted 13 September 2022

What I do?

"Informatica, unix, Oracle, AWS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	23,800 KWD

46/50 Senior Accountant (Man)

Posted 10 September 2022

What I do?

"Audit."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	8,900 KWD

45/50 Senior Accountant (Man)

Posted 09 September 2022

What I do?

"Invoicing, purchasing, receivable accounts, payable accounts, auditing, reconciliations, p&l preparing, inventory control, manufacturing process."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	7,100 KWD

44/50 Accountant (Man)

Posted 06 September 2022

What I do?

"Making bank re-cancellation making transfers between the company accounts fix-deposit - loans."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	13,100 KWD

43/50 Hr Business Partner (Man)

Posted 31 August 2022

What I do?

"17 years of experience with all aspects of HR like Recruitment, Payroll, Performance management Etc. . ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	11,700 KWD

42/50 Medical (Man)

Posted 31 August 2022

What I do?

"Health and medical."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	69,800 KWD

41/50 Sr. Hr Officer (Man)

Posted 26 July 2022

What I do?

"Sr. HR Officer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	9,200 KWD

40/50 Human Resource Manager (Man)

Posted 24 July 2022

What I do?

"Strategic."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	12,700 KWD

39/50 Associate Professor (Man)

Posted 20 July 2022

What I do?

"Communications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	29,800 KWD

38/50 Automation Engineer (Man)

Posted 18 July 2022

What I do?

"PLC Programmer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	15,500 KWD

37/50 Sap Fico Consultant (Man)

Posted 17 June 2022

What I do?

"SAP Consulting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	18,300 KWD

36/50 Group Human Resources Manager (Man)

Posted 12 June 2022

What I do?

"Handling ALL HR RElated matters within the group."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	19,800 KWD

35/50 Teacher (Man)

Posted 27 May 2022

What I do?

"Expert."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	14,800 KWD

34/50 Head Of Hr (Man)

Posted 08 April 2022

What I do?

"HR tasks Payroll Comp and Ben Recruitment Budgeting Structuring Drafting Policies."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	18,200 KWD

33/50 Master (Man)

Posted 07 April 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Some College	0-1 Year	Intermediate	33,600 KWD

32/50 Fashionman (Man)

Posted 22 March 2022

What I do?

"Dresses."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	30,300 KWD

31/50 Head Of Hr Workforce And Successfactors Systems Management (Man)

Posted 19 March 2022

What I do?

"Manage SAP Susscessfactors Systems Manage compensation and benefits Provide Group HR MIS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	48,500 KWD

30/50 Chairman Office Manager (Man)

Posted 17 March 2022

What I do?

"Look after all the matter of chairman offices."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	12,100 KWD

29/50 Cost Control Engineer (Man)

Posted 16 March 2022

What I do?

"Project Controls Estimation and QS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	8,500 KWD

28/50 Architect (Man)

Posted 06 March 2022

What I do?

"Architect."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	8,700 KWD

27/50 Architect (Man)

Posted 16 February 2022

What I do?

"Design and construction."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	16,100 KWD

26/50 Architect (Woman)

Posted 11 February 2022

What I do?

"Designing buildings to create unique and well-organized structures."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	13,600 KWD

25/50 Academic (Woman)

Posted 16 January 2022

What I do?

"Coordination."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	6,100 KWD

24/50 S. Accountant (Man)

Posted 13 January 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	7,100 KWD

23/50 Recruitment Specialist (Man)

Posted 12 January 2022

What I do?

"Recruitment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	12,100 KWD

22/50 Head Of Engineering (Man)

Posted 10 January 2022

What I do?

"Engireening."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	35,300 KWD

21/50 Hr Manager (Man)

Posted 26 December 2021

What I do?

"All hr function."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	12,100 KWD

20/50 Financial Office (Man)

Posted 18 November 2021

What I do?

"Auditing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	17,600 KWD

19/50 Ph. D (Man)

Posted 26 October 2021

What I do?

"Engineering, Electronics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	42,400 KWD

18/50 Asset Coordinator (Woman)

Posted 02 October 2021

What I do?

"Asset and product coordinator."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Basic	23,200 KWD

17/50 Maintenance Manager (Man)

Posted 15 September 2021

What I do?

"Facility manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	22,200 KWD

16/50 Human Resource Manager (Man)

Posted 13 September 2021

What I do?

"Managing all activities Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Training and Development, HR admin Services."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	12,100 KWD

15/50 Hr Manager (Man)

Posted 31 August 2021

What I do?

"HR General, salaries, contracts, on boarding,."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	20,000 KWD

14/50 Coordinator (Man)

Posted 12 July 2021

What I do?

"HR Generalist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	6,100 KWD

13/50 Assistant Manager - Risk Advisory (Man)

Posted 10 July 2021

What I do?

"Internal audit Risk management policies and procedures AML."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	15,800 KWD

12/50 Business Development Manager (Man)

Posted 28 June 2021

What I do?

"Management, Leadership, Negotiation, Relationship Building."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	12,100 KWD

11/50 Finance Manager And Admin Manager (Woman)

Posted 25 April 2021

What I do?

"Managing everything in the office."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	19,400 KWD

10/50 IT Director (Man)

Posted 12 March 2021

What I do?

"Craft IT Strategy Deliver IT service to external/internal users Report to higher management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	30,300 KWD

9/50 Assistant Manager (Woman)

Posted 28 February 2021

What I do?

"Acting as HR manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	10,100 KWD

8/50 Civil Engineer (Man)

Posted 15 February 2021

What I do?

"Project management Site engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	34,300 KWD

7/50 Pizza Chef (Man)

Posted 29 January 2021

What I do?

"Making pizza pastry and coffee."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	4,400 KWD

6/50 Piping Manager (Man)

Posted 09 January 2021

What I do?

"Engineering manager to look after oil and gas project."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	30,300 KWD

5/50 Associate Professor (Woman)

Posted 07 January 2021

What I do?

"Teaching Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	30,300 KWD

4/50 Restaurant Operations Manager (Man)

Posted 03 January 2021

What I do?

"25 years of experience in my carrier."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	20,000 KWD

3/50 Senior Web Developer (Man)

Posted 23 December 2020

What I do?

"Develop Software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	13,100 KWD

2/50 Analyst (Man)

Posted 21 December 2020

What I do?

"Reports for the executive team Following up with teams."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	9,800 KWD

1/50 Engineer (Man)

Posted 20 December 2020

What I do?

"Engineering, services, contracts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kuwait City	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	13,100 KWD