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Pilot Salary in Kuwait
Kuwait Airways, based in Kuwait, with captain and first officer averages and ranges. Civil aviation authority: DGCA.
Pilot salary by airline in Kuwait
Sorted by captain average, highest first. Click an airline for its pay breakdown, fleet, hiring requirements and reviews from working pilots. Note that Kuwait levies no personal income tax, so these figures are close to take-home.
| Airline | Captain avg | Captain range | F/O avg | F/O range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait Airways | ¥2,800万 | ¥2,300万〜3,500万 | ¥1,550万 | ¥1,250万〜1,950万 |
Where Kuwait sits worldwide
Captain averages side by side. Kuwait sits at ¥2,800万 against a ¥2,480万 average across all 112 airlines — about 13% above. That places it 17th of the 51 countries covered.
Country figures are the unweighted mean of captain averages for the airlines we list there. World first officer average: ¥1,400万 across 112 airlines.
Compare other countries
To see the whole region at once, go to pilot salary in the Middle East — 9 airlines across 7 countries, captains averaging ¥3,030万.
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