GCC Salary Benchmarks
Median monthly salaries by category and country — derived from 174 job listings with disclosed salary (5% of all scraped postings).
Note: "Engineering" = civil / mechanical / electrical / field roles. Software engineers appear under "Technology".
| Category | UAE | Saudi Arabia | Kuwait | Qatar | Bahrain | Oman | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering |
~$1,259 /mo
$756–$2,518 | — | ~$2,507 /mo | — | — | — | 275 |
| Sales |
~$1,259 /mo
$756–$2,518 | — | ~$1,255 /mo | — | — | — | 195 |
| Marketing |
~$1,259 /mo
$1,259–$1,259 | — | — | — | — | — | 74 |
| Real Estate & Construction |
~$1,763 /mo
$1,259–$1,763 | — | — | — | — | — | 55 |
Highest-paid roles by country
About this data
GCC Job Intel scrapes 3,230 job listings daily from 8 sources across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman. Of these, 5% disclose salary. The table above shows median monthly salaries in USD equivalent, normalised from local currencies (AED, SAR, KWD, QAR, BHD, OMR).
Salary disclosure rates vary significantly by source: GulfTalent discloses ~52% of listings, while LinkedIn discloses only ~6%. The data reflects what employers choose to publish — actual market rates may be higher for undisclosed roles.
For live job listings filtered by category and country, see the Jobs page. For company-level data, see the Companies page.
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