Home Insights Features Revealed: Arab Expatriate Salaries In The Gulf Arab expat salaries rose the least among racial groups, up 4.69 per cent year-on-year, on the Gulf Business 2015 Salary Survey. by Gulf Business March 23, 2015 Average wages across the GCC rose last year, however, Arab expat salaries rose the least among racial groups, up 4.69 per cent from $11,117 per month in 2014 to $11,638 in 2015, according to the Gulf Business 2015 Salary Survey. Some sectors particularly didn’t fare well; last year, the average wage for an Arab construction manager across the GCC in our survey was $12,792 a month, while in our 2015 survey it dropped more than 10 per cent to $11,497. The survey also found that Westerners, on average, earn 6.96 per cent more than Arabs, while Arabs pocket around 20.04 per cent more than Asians. The Gulf Business 2015 Salary Survey polled the average remuneration for 20 roles, including finance, real estate and media, across the six Gulf countries. AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY IN US$ FOR AN ARAB EXPATRIATE EMPLOYEE IN THE GULF BAHRAIN KSA KUWAIT UAE OMAN QATAR CEO/MD – Multinational 37,717 44,747 40,639 40,669 29,625 45,314 CEO/MD – Local Company 21,397 25,447 23,332 21,946 19,979 24,551 Human Resources – Manager 9,175 12,026 9,498 11,020 8,836 9,683 Information Technology – Manager 10,710 13,638 11,588 12,131 10,774 13,553 Sales/Marketing – Account Manager 6,030 8,120 6,339 6,952 5,995 8,167 Legal – Lawyer Marketer/Manager 9,720 11,819 10,778 10,659 9,525 11,557 Facilities Management – Manager 7,196 10,795 9,401 9,712 8,647 9,112 Finance & Accounting – Manager 7,985 9,923 8,163 8,864 7,208 10,020 Recruitment – Manager 6,441 10,167 8,090 8,228 7,471 9,456 Healthcare – General Practitioner/ Manager 8,623 13,239 9,738 10,250 9,225 11,132 Real Estate – Manager 8,530 13,830 8,724 8,978 8,120 13,022 Banking – Branch Manager 8,536 11,733 9,129 9,177 7,987 10,282 Banking – Treasury Manager 11,141 15,328 12,935 11,770 10,997 14,433 Banking – Retail/Personal Banking Manager 8,618 10,948 9,078 9,948 7,681 11,358 Media – Advertising Creative Manager 8,671 11,417 9,678 9,972 8,708 11,217 Media – Public Relations Manager 8,810 11,645 9,114 10,111 8,547 11,769 Media – Publishing Editor 7,622 9,428 8,620 8,702 7,621 9,336 Construction – Project Manager 10,279 13,412 11,312 11,479 9,762 12,738 Events – Manager 5,739 8,030 6,692 6,717 5,874 7,996 Executive Secretary/PA 4,708 5,645 4,835 5,466 4,144 5,729 The 2015 Salary Survey was compiled based on inputs from regional recruitment companies including Nadia, Charterhouse and Michael Page. Click here for the complete report. Also read: Revealed: Asian Expatriate Salaries In The Gulf Revealed: Western Expatriate Salaries In The Gulf Revealed: Top 10 Salaries In Saudi Arabia Revealed: Western Publishing Editors In UAE Earn 82% More Than Asian Peers Revealed: Gulf Expat Salaries Up Nearly 8% 0 Comments