The salaries of citizens and residents in Kuwait recorded varying increases by the end of the first quarter of 2022, as the average monthly salary of a citizen rose to 1,504 dinars on an annual basis, while the average salary of an expatriate was 342 dinars.
A local Arabic daily, going into details said the average salary of citizens increased by 25 dinars at the end of March 2022, as it reached about 1504 dinars, compared to 1479 dinars at the end of March 2021.
The increase in the salaries of citizens working in the private sector was more than 4 times greater than those working in the government sector, at 65 dinars for workers in the private sector and 14 dinars for the “government”, as the average salary of a citizen in the government sector at the end of March 2022 amounted to 1548 dinars, compared to 1534 dinars at the end of March 2021, while the average salary of a citizen in the private sector amounted to 1286 dinars per month at the end of last March, compared to 1221 dinars at the end of March 2022.
As for non-Kuwaitis, their average salaries increased during end of March 2021 to the end of March 2022 by 18 dinars from 324 to 342 dinars per month, and expatriates working in the government sector recorded an increase in their average monthly salary by about 19 dinars to 741 dinars per month, compared to 722 dinars At the end of March 2021, expatriates working in the private sector recorded an increase in their average monthly salaries by 17 dinars to 321 dinars at the end of last March, compared to 304 dinars, their average salary at the end of March 2021.
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