UAE: A comparison of average monthly salaries received, by nationality group of workers (in US$, selected professions, 2015)

	Western countries	Arab countries	Asian countries
CEO/MD – Multinational	40,950	40,669	34,900
CEO/MD – Local Company	25,567	21,946	19,392
Human Resources – Manager	11,113	11,020	10,864
Information Technology – Manager	12,092	12,131	9,638
Sales/Marketing – Account Manager	7,808	6,952	5,697
Legal – Lawyer Marketer/Manager	10,892	10,659	8,754
Facilities Management – Manager	9,683	9,712	7,750
Finance & Accounting – Manager	9,496	8,864	6,898
Recruitment – Manager	7,968	8,228	6,378
Healthcare – General Practitioner/ Manager	9,738	10,250	8,200
Real Estate – Manager	9,541	8,978	6,361
Banking – Branch Manager	11,327	9,177	8,535
Banking – Treasury Manager	14,553	11,770	10,763
Banking – Retail/Personal Banking Manager	11,163	9,948	7,571
Media – Advertising Creative Manager	11,959	9,972	7,532
Media – Public Relations Manager	12,010	10,111	7,293
Media – Publishing Editor	9,259	8,702	5,070
Construction – Project Manager	14,050	11,479	9,458
Events – Manager	6,451	6,717	5,110
Executive Secretary/PA	5,371	5,466	3,542

Source: Gulf Business, March 23, 2015

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The Gulf Business 2015 Salary Survey polled the average remuneration for 20 professions and sectors, including finance, real estate and media, across the six Gulf countries.
The 2015 Salary Survey was compiled based on inputs from regional recruitment companies including Nadia, Charterhouse and Michael Page.

2. Institution which provides data

Gulf Business 2015 Salary Survey

3. Data availability

Robert Anderson. “Revealed: The Gulf Business 2015 Salary Survey”, Gulf Business, vol. 19, Issue 11, March 23, 2015.
http://gulfbusiness.com/2015/03/revealed-gulf-business-2015-salary-survey/#.VfwSg_ntmko

Date of access: September 2015.