Average monthly salaries in the private sector by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi), sex and major economic occupation (2012)

2012	Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total
Managers and Business Managers	8453.95	2655.73	7122.75	4537.33	2258.61	4503.01	7766.92	2651.44	6749.02
Specialists in Scientific, Technical and Humanities Fields	11968.91	3929.62	10032.54	2922.30	3366.69	2935.09	3722.39	3653.56	3718.80
Technicians in Scientific, Technical and Humanities Fields	4549.16	2967.99	4010.24	1553.21	1480.12	1545.85	1971.05	2116.55	1992.04
Clerical Workers	4959.83	2427.99	4281.78	1869.05	2704.16	1894.20	4871.50	2428.68	4229.91
Sales Workers	2961.90	2158.77	2731.48	1392.88	1673.02	1393.07	1896.77	2157.06	1926.64
Service Workers	4275.76	2318.04	4144.40	754.94	615.61	752.84	1118.14	1212.16	1120.09
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishing	2654.67	2273.05	2594.91	480.96	451.89	480.96	488.58	1875.98	489.73
Industrial, Chemical and Food Industries	5536.70	2012.93	4873.52	894.94	622.67	878.79	1265.89	959.10	1244.07
Engineering Support	4978.72	2471.46	4840.58	742.25	739.23	742.25	927.61	2359.51	931.50
Others	9872.97	13004.99	9964.51	5255.83	212.72	4458.09	9532.01	8754.31	9500.84
TOTAL	5315.44	2613.38	4801.43	934.14	1341.18	940.16	1427.28	2187.29	1456.34

Source: Ministry of Labour

1. Technical note

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

“Other” occupations is not defined in MoL website (no metadata available)

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: February 2014