One of the biggest attractions to working in the Gulf is a salary higher than you might find in your home country or elsewhere. Even if the basic salary doesn’t seem to be much more, it has the added bonus of being totally tax free. Not only that. You would usually have at least a couple of benefits attached to your contract that could include (but is not exclusive to); Health insurance (mandatory) housing allowance, allowance for school fees and health insurance for dependents, plus a yearly/biannual flight home to your own country. As a basic guide to the kind of salary to expect when working in the Gulf, we have done the research so you don’t have to.
ALL SALARIES SALARIES ARE IN $USD and PER MONTH. MONTH.
JOB TITLE
SALARY
A/C Technicians
USD 450
Account Manager / Business Development Development Manager
Customer Service and Distribution Pla Pl anning Manager
USD 6,500
Dentist
USD 6,500
Deputy Finance Manager
USD 4,500 to 6,500
Dermatologist
USD 2,500
Executive Assistant
USD 2,500
Family Physician
USD 6,800 to 9,500
Human Resource Manager
USD 8,000
Interior Designer
USD 9,000
IT Project Manager
USD 8,000
Landscape Architect
USD 1,500
Legal Assistant / Para-Legal
USD 2,800
Marketing Director
USD 14,000
MEP Commercial Manager
USD 8,000
MEP Senior Quantity Surveyor
USD 8,000
Nurses
USD 2,500
Pharmacist
USD 3,800
PR Manager
USD 6,800
PRO - Dubai
USD 7,000
Radiologist
USD 2,000 to 4,000
Secretary
USD 900
Security Officer
USD 900 to 1,500
Senior Advisor Investment and W ealth Management
USD 4,000
Software Developer
USD 2,000
Solicitor / Lawyer
USD 25,000
Sonologist, Sonographer, Registrar Radiologist
USD 500 to 2,000
Sous Chef
USD 2,500
Steel fabricator
USD 2,700
Store Manager Fashion Retail
USD 2,700
Structural Engineer
USD 2,700
Teacher
USD 5,000
Teacher (university)
USD 6,000
Training Manager
USD 9,000
Transport Manager
USD 10,000
W aiter
USD 600
W arehouse Manager
USD 600 to 1,000
W eb Developer and UI Designer
USD 5,000
Office Manager
USD 2,500
Disclaimer:
The salaries quoted in this document were taken from genuine job advertisements from Q1 2010. Salaries were then converted into USD for consistency. consistency. The salaries quoted are for general guidance only and any terms and conditions, and remunerations agreed would be between you, the employee and the employer. We take no responsibility for any similar position being advertised or offered at different salary levels.