Asian countries						Arab countries						Western countries
	BAH	KUW	OMN	QAT	SA	UAE	BAH	KUW	OMN	QAT	SA	UAE	BAH	KUW	OMN	QAT	SA	UAE
CEO/MD – Multinational	23,292	31,322	28,505	33,319	34,824	30,997	33,990	35,789	29,202	43,017	41,716	37,555	34,740	35,701	33,098	40,702	42,389	36,704
CEO/MD – Local Company	16,541	18,653	17,155	20,981	22,251	19,278	21,841	23,366	20,339	27,012	26,487	23,632	22,646	24,514	20,581	26,924	27,632	25,551
Human Resources – Manager	7,378	8,358	8,244	9,544	10,070	10,598	9,338	9,759	9,333	9,000	12,924	11,666	9,861	10,121	11,061	12,597	13,015	11,690
Information Technology – Manager	9,089	10,163	9,956	11,929	12,112	10,908	12,177	13,592	12,710	15,733	15,528	14,130	12,072	12,537	12,211	14,988	15,052	14,209
Sales/Marketing – Account Manager	4,918	5,022	4,755	5,390	5,950	5,520	6,096	6,360	5,928	8,079	8,054	7,185	6,868	7,736	7,259	8,186	9,297	8,038
Legal – Lawyer Marketer/Manager	7,406	8,619	7,922	9,405	9,773	8,940	10,652	10,963	9,749	12,575	12,814	11,725	9,976	11,484	9,958	12,131	12,784	11,673
Facilities Management – Manager	5,567	7,402	6,930	8,330	8,607	7,608	7,514	9,233	8,533	10,400	11,222	9,648	7,850	9,969	8,913	10,765	11,895	10,032
Finance & Accounting – Manager	6,269	7,403	6,746	8,268	8,369	7,371	8,882	8,827	8,070	11,461	11,459	10,073	8,967	9,502	8,858	10,872	10,996	10,433
Recruitment – Manager	5,532	6,609	6,343	7,045	8,098	6,356	7,014	8,438	7,460	7,000	10,639	8,561	6,673	7,850	7,367	8,896	10,491	8,323
Healthcare – General Practitioner/ Manager	7,313	8,257	8,257	9,330	11,194	8,692	9,140	10,322	9,779	11,800	14,033	10,865	8,603	9,670	9,779	10,976	13,105	10,322
Real Estate – Manager	8,213	8,700	9,050	11,147	10,152	6,743	9,271	9,424	8,904	12,800	14,330	9,809	11,283	10,707	8,610	12,330	13,352	10,657
Banking – Branch Manager	7,499	7,019	6,432	8,093	9,356	7,774	8,824	9,489	8,233	11,350	13,219	10,864	11,717	12,222	9,438	13,146	13,295	12,007
Banking – Treasury Manager	9,417	10,761	10,544	12,096	13,644	11,305	11,405	13,256	10,929	14,800	16,874	13,738	14,635	15,656	12,910	17,063	16,873	15,426
Banking – Retail/Personal Banking Manager	6,846	7,855	7,184	8,570	8,892	8,113	8,918	9,537	8,471	11,420	12,598	10,873	10,747	11,483	10,420	12,891	11,991	11,833
Media – Advertising Creative Manager	7,262	7,429	6,774	7,896	8,988	7,742	8,096	8,630	8,115	7,300	10,551	9,035	8,614	9,778	8,668	10,495	12,120	10,089
Media – Public Relations Manager	5,536	6,796	5,849	7,463	8,178	6,866	7,170	7,831	7,280	9,488	9,672	8,359	7,895	8,768	7,905	10,037	10,577	9,366
Media – Publishing Editor	5,080	5,323	5,589	6,205	6,128	5,437	6,540	7,069	6,789	5,500	7,747	7,362	6,241	6,600	6,494	7,802	7,962	7,658
Construction – Project Manager	8,300	9,233	8,347	10,620	10,897	9,513	11,338	12,358	10,574	14,126	15,009	12,484	12,551	13,969	11,808	15,610	16,876	15,072
Events – Manager	4,295	4,400	4,410	5,047	5,146	5,159	5,892	7,047	6,113	8,000	8,256	7,310	5,463	6,656	5,708	7,898	8,762	7,169
Executive Secretary/PA	3,317	3,640	3,505	4,232	4,437	3,753	5,155	5,063	4,572	6,137	6,192	5,557	5,124	5,482	4,787	6,029	5,774	5,647

Source: Gulf Business, April 2017

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

The Gulf Business 2017 Salary Survey polled the average remuneration for 20 professions and sectors, including finance, real estate and media, across the six Gulf countries.

The 2017 salary survey was compiled based on inputs from regional recruitment companies including Nadia and Charterhouse.

 

2. 2. Institution which provides data

 

Gulf Business Magazine (https://gulfbusiness.com/)

 

3. Data availability

 

Robert Anderson. “Revealed: The Gulf Business 2017 Salary Survey”, Gulf Business, April 16, 2017.

Revealed: The Gulf Business 2017 salary survey

 

Date of access: February 2023.

 

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

 

Keywords:

Gulf Cooperation Council, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Work Conditions, Foreign Labour

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