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  • Emami Rafique

    Living Expense Management

    posted by  Emami Rafique in Kuwait forum 

    Hi,

    I can try to help you out with the best I can

    1) Like what would be the living expenditure for bachelor of 1 BHK, food, travelling, mobile expenditures, electricity, internet etc-
    It completely depends on your standard of living, if you are trying to locate at Al Farwaniya, you can find cheap rooms & food is also in good price. With around 1400 KWD you can easily save around 500-600 KWD with a decent lifestyle to enjoy. You can open a savings account in National Bank of Kuwait or so and can easily transfer you money whenever needed, check here- https://nbk.com/kuwait/personal/accounts.html. If you know the correct places you can have good foods at decent rate. Cost of petrol, electricity is low. Cabs & buses are available around the country easily. If you are planning to stay for long you can also apply for Kuwaiti driving license, check here- http://www.kuwaitup2date.com/conditions-issuing-driving-lice
    nse-expats/. Internet can cost you around 70 KWD annualy you can also opt for monthly plans starting from 6 KWD.

    2) What would be the average salary in Kuwait of an engineer of having an experience of 4+ yrs-
    Largely depends on skills, company & area of engineering, but I would say average salary could be around 2500 KWD, still largely depends on many factors. Have a look at the payscale to have a broader view- https://www.payscale.com/research/KW/Job=Mechanical_Engineer
    /Salary

    3) What would be the tax deductions for the above mentioned salary-
    For salaried income tax is not deducted in Kuwait (Check here- https://tradingeconomics.com/kuwait/personal-income-tax-rate
    )

    4) In Kuwait everybody is only getting off of one day (Friday) in a week or they are getting 2 days off and what are the normal or average working hours in a day in Kuwait-
    Normal working hours is 8 hours, but again it differs company to company. You can apply for OT if available in your company, also it is an Islamic Country so Fridays are off rather than Mondays

    5) In Kuwait companies are giving the relocation allowance or not-
    It completely depends on the company, in my knowledge majority of the companies help you on the start to relocate.

    Best wishes

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