Average monthly salaries in the private sector by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi), sex and major economic occupation (2010)

2010	Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total
Managers and Business Managers	7268.95	5273.08	7186.39	7128.46	5852.48	7123.40	7254.32	5279.23	7180.05
Specialists in Scientific, Technical and Humanities Fields	5589.58	3252.03	5318.27	3318.86	3944.01	3337.11	3641.73	3653.48	3642.23
Technicians in Scientific, Technical and Humanities Fields	4217.73	2018.12	3773.10	1773.70	1904.11	1787.85	2127.24	1933.80	2103.38
Clerical Workers	3312.89	2769.49	3265.65	2408.30	3846.92	2459.45	3268.79	2790.46	3228.35
Sales Workers	2272.91	1654.27	2229.17	1379.16	1968.64	1379.37	1648.14	1657.55	1648.36
Service Workers	2256.92	1809.97	2234.61	796.58	725.40	795.65	913.88	1003.49	915.33
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishing	6426.19	1646.07	6388.89	704.75	619.56	704.73	816.32	1041.90	816.41
Industrial, Chemical and Food Industries	4395.01	1598.39	4195.17	887.05	894.16	887.32	1122.54	980.14	1116.76
Engineering Support	3068.27	2179.78	3059.71	840.65	792.34	840.64	900.17	1573.92	900.48
TOTAL	3562.25	2448.35	3476.76	1031.42	1673.70	1040.48	1278.71	1972.83	1293.01

Source: Ministry of Labour

1. Technical note

Data is collected as part of the implementation of Nitaqat (saudization) project; results are still being updated

As of January 28, 2014, 1 Saudi Riyal (SAR)= 0,195 Euros (EUR) and 0,2667 US Dollar (USD).

2. Institution which provides data

Ministry of Labour, Saudi Arabia

3. Data availability

The present data is published on the Ministry of Labour’s website (open data library) and is available at:

(Excel 1997-2003 only)

Date of access: Febuary 2014