ABU DHABI / SALARY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

SALARY SURVEYS

440

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

3.67 AED = 1 USD

315,236 AED

$85,830 USD

Dubai

313,583 AED

99,165 AED

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Abu Dhabi

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Average salary in Abu Dhabi is 315,236 AED per year. The most typical earning is 99,165 AED. All data are based on 440 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 338,265 AED. Women receive a salary of 214,858 AED.

The most paid careers are Arts, Culture, Performance with average income 999,736 AED and Media with income 520,068 AED.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 412,088 AED. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 400,702 AED.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 500,602 AED. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 477,464 AED.

Levels / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

Salary Levels (AED) per Year	Surveys	[%]
36,700 AED - 55,099 AED	2	100% 0.45%
55,100 AED - 73,499 AED	24	99.55% 5.45%
73,500 AED - 91,799 AED	21	94.09% 4.77%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
91,800 AED - 110,199 AED	27	89.32% 6.14%
110,200 AED - 128,499 AED	23	83.18% 5.23%
128,500 AED - 146,899 AED	19	77.95% 4.32%
146,900 AED - 165,299 AED	16	73.64% 3.64%
165,300 AED - 183,599 AED	18	70% 4.09%
183,600 AED - 201,999 AED	26	65.91% 5.91%
202,000 AED - 220,399 AED	16	60% 3.64%
220,400 AED - 238,699 AED	10	56.36% 2.27%
238,700 AED - 257,099 AED	22	54.09% 5%
257,100 AED - 275,499 AED	8	49.09% 1.82%
275,500 AED - 293,799 AED	10	47.27% 2.27%
293,800 AED - 312,199 AED	27	45% 6.14%
312,200 AED - 330,499 AED	8	38.86% 1.82%
330,600 AED - 348,899 AED	8	37.05% 1.82%
348,900 AED - 367,299 AED	16	35.23% 3.64%
367,300 AED - 385,599 AED	8	31.59% 1.82%
385,600 AED - 403,999 AED	8	29.77% 1.82%
404,000 AED - 422,399 AED	13	27.95% 2.95%
422,400 AED - 440,699 AED	6	25% 1.36%
440,700 AED - 459,099 AED	7	23.64% 1.59%
459,100 AED - 477,499 AED	5	22.05% 1.14%
477,500 AED - 495,799 AED	12	20.91% 2.73%
495,800 AED - 514,199 AED	6	18.18% 1.36%
514,200 AED - 532,599 AED	4	16.82% 0.91%
532,600 AED - 550,899 AED	5	15.91% 1.14%
HIGH SALARIES
550,900 AED - 587,599 AED	5	14.77% 1.14%
587,600 AED - 624,399 AED	13	13.64% 2.95%
624,400 AED - 661,099 AED	4	10.68% 0.91%
661,100 AED - 697,799 AED	3	9.77% 0.68%
697,800 AED - 734,599 AED	14	9.09% 3.18%
734,600 AED - 771,299 AED	4	5.91% 0.91%
771,300 AED - 807,999 AED	8	5% 1.82%
808,000 AED - 844,699 AED	2	3.18% 0.45%
844,700 AED - 881,499 AED	0	n/a
881,500 AED - 918,199 AED	5	2.73% 1.14%
918,200 AED - 1,285,499 AED	7	1.59% 1.59%

Gender / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	350	338,265 AED
2	Women	72	214,858 AED

Education / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	21	412,088 AED
2	Masters Degree	136	400,702 AED
3	Bachelors Degree	245	275,092 AED
4	Bellow H. School	3	226,979 AED
5	Some College	28	216,695 AED
6	High School	7	197,596 AED

Experience / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	65	500,602 AED
2	16-20 Years	49	477,464 AED
3	12-16 Years	60	376,462 AED
4	8-12 Years	115	263,707 AED
5	4-8 Years	84	219,266 AED
6	2-4 Years	38	178,865 AED
7	1-2 Years	18	168,948 AED
8	0-1 Year	11	147,279 AED

Age / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	2	860,170 AED
2	61-65	1	749,986 AED
3	56-60	12	560,469 AED
4	51-55	16	559,735 AED
5	46-50	28	466,078 AED
6	41-45	46	420,168 AED
7	36-40	91	349,650 AED
8	31-35	101	275,460 AED
9	n/a	19	264,809 AED
10	26-30	87	198,698 AED
11	21-25	36	170,050 AED
12	14-20	1	99,900 AED

Work Type / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	356	326,879 AED
2	Self Employed	8	294,926 AED
3	Contract	71	266,645 AED
4	Part Time	5	217,062 AED

Career Groups / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	999,736 AED
2	Media	2	520,068 AED
3	Agriculture & Fishing	1	520,068 AED
4	Aviation & Shipping	8	517,130 AED
5	Geography & Geodesy	3	492,155 AED
6	Management & Business	63	485,177 AED
7	Law	3	484,809 AED
8	Engineers & Technicians IV	5	447,714 AED
9	Finance & Banking	32	391,153 AED
10	Engineers & Technicians V	2	381,971 AED
11	Military	1	366,912 AED
12	IT & Programming	36	334,224 AED
13	Education & University	17	315,126 AED
14	Architect Constructions	12	313,657 AED
15	Public Sector	5	310,351 AED
16	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	18	299,333 AED
17	Human Resources	27	283,540 AED
18	Health Care & Medical	13	282,071 AED
19	IT & Programming II	25	281,703 AED
20	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	4	262,605 AED
21	Engineers & Technicians III	4	260,768 AED
22	Engineers & Technicians	63	253,790 AED
23	Insurance	5	253,056 AED
24	Construction & Labor Workers	22	244,608 AED
25	Engineers & Technicians II	1	240,201 AED
26	Organization & Coordination	5	231,386 AED
27	Making Design	5	213,022 AED
28	Accounting & Administration	25	176,661 AED
29	Health Care & Medical II	9	161,603 AED
30	Hotels & Tourism	8	160,501 AED
31	Customer Services	4	159,766 AED
32	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	4	132,220 AED
33	Salesmen & Saleswomen	2	128,915 AED
34	Automobile	1	110,184 AED
35	Properties & Real Estates	1	99,900 AED
36	Sports & Recreation	3	65,008 AED

Careers / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Other Aviation & Shipping Career	3	671,755 AED
2	Contract Manager	3	623,274 AED
3	General Manager	5	612,256 AED
4	MBA	3	573,324 AED
5	Operations Manager	8	563,040 AED
6	Finance Manager	8	549,451 AED
7	Director	7	525,210 AED
8	Manager	14	521,905 AED
9	IT Manager	11	509,784 AED
10	Bank Manager	3	485,911 AED
11	Other Education Career	3	459,467 AED
12	Project Manager	6	445,878 AED
13	Human Resources Manager	9	435,594 AED
14	Program Manager	3	422,739 AED
15	University Professor Assistant	3	422,372 AED
16	Construction Project Manager	3	419,801 AED
17	Engineering Manager	7	414,292 AED
18	Sales Manager	5	408,415 AED
19	Big Constructions Architect	3	403,273 AED
20	Construction Manager	3	380,135 AED
21	Risk Manager	2	379,033 AED
22	University Professor	4	358,832 AED
23	Other Management Career	3	351,487 AED
24	Other IT Career	3	314,391 AED
25	Civil Engineer	4	309,617 AED
26	Other Finance Career	3	296,395 AED
27	Other Human Resource Career	4	291,620 AED
28	Construction Engineer Lead	2	290,518 AED
29	Security Specialist	3	290,151 AED
30	Business Development Manager	7	286,845 AED
31	Technical Manager	7	277,663 AED
32	Engineer	22	268,114 AED
33	IT Coordinator	3	256,361 AED
34	Software Developer	4	244,975 AED
35	Mechanical Engineer Lead	3	243,874 AED
36	Insurance Underwriter	3	243,139 AED
37	System Analyst	6	238,364 AED
38	Healthcare Management	7	232,121 AED
39	Other Medical Career	3	226,611 AED
40	Human Resource	8	220,000 AED
41	Banks	4	217,429 AED
42	Java Developer	3	216,695 AED
43	Architect	6	205,676 AED
44	Lead Developer	5	199,065 AED
45	Mechanical Engineer	11	188,414 AED
46	Other Tourism Career	3	185,843 AED
47	Construction Engineer	7	177,029 AED
48	Electrical Engineer	5	174,090 AED
49	Technician	3	172,254 AED
50	Sales Engineer	3	158,297 AED
51	Marketing Executive	2	156,094 AED
52	Piping Designer	2	154,992 AED
53	Human Resource Administrator	5	147,646 AED
54	Restaurant Manager	3	140,668 AED
55	Senior Accountant	3	134,424 AED
56	Office Administrator	3	132,955 AED
57	Construction Project Coordinator	3	114,958 AED
58	Accountant	5	113,122 AED

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Assistant Manager Operational Risk

Posted 22 May 2023

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	204,000 AED

Senior Architect

Posted 12 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design and coordination."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	240,000 AED

Hr Consultant

Posted 11 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Consulting in People Development, Compensation & Benefits, Recruitment, Training, Exit, HR Policies, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Business consulting, Finance consulting, grading structure, salary benchmarking. 

Knowledge and skills
Executive coach, Certified in Psychometrics, 
EMotional Inteligence
NLP Practitioner
Career enhancement coaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	360,000 AED

Program Associate

Posted 04 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data and system integration
PHP Backend Development (Laravel)
Cybersecurity."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	240,000 AED

Senior Piping Designer

Posted 01 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Senior piping designer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Some College	12-16 Years	Expert	150,000 AED

Intern Developer

Posted 01 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Web and application development
System integrations
Data security."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	198,000 AED

Talent Acquisition Manager

Posted 21 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Talent Acquisition Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	180,000 AED

Project Manager

Posted 19 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Mangment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	440,600 AED

Civil Engineer

Posted 14 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Construction and Project Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	257,100 AED

Operations Manager

Posted 13 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"People, customer and P&L management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	540,500 AED

Vice President

Posted 19 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Market strategy, sales, marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	999,900 AED

Workshop Supervisor

Posted 17 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Workshop."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	110,200 AED

Project Manager

Posted 12 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Upstream Oil & gas EPC Projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	336,000 AED

Chief Executive Officer

Posted 16 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	598,700 AED

Ph. Licentiate

Posted 14 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Statistics, management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	475,700 AED

Project Manager

Posted 11 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	360,000 AED

Business Consultant

Posted 28 December 2021

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	126,000 AED

Proposals And Marketing Specialist

Posted 29 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Proposals, marketing collaterals, Adobe CC."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	240,000 AED

Transformation Manager

Posted 28 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Organize company Transformation, reporting to Strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	799,900 AED

Pmpm

Posted 25 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	661,100 AED

Area Sales Manager

Posted 21 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"SALES MANAGEMENT."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	300,000 AED

Nursing And Education Administrative Assistant

Posted 20 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Clerical, Data Management, Systems Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	75,500 AED

Wfm Manager

Posted 18 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"WFM staff."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	200,000 AED

Recruitment Officer

Posted 12 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Admin, recruiting sourcing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	120,000 AED

Graduate Researcher

Posted 08 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	144,000 AED

Surveyor

Posted 04 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hydrographic."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	226,300 AED

Senior Officer

Posted 28 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"C&B responsibilities."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	264,400 AED

General Manager

Posted 22 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage all operations of the Company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	479,900 AED

Sales Engineer

Posted 21 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	120,000 AED

Mep Chief

Posted 21 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"MEP and consturction."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	324,000 AED

Material Engineer

Posted 20 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Material Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	72,000 AED

Admin

Posted 12 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Administration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	188,600 AED

Senior Process Engineer

Posted 31 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	348,900 AED

Operations Manager

Posted 29 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operations department of a company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	559,900 AED

Finance Manager

Posted 17 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Monthly & yearly Financial reports to management and Head office, Administration of entire finance activities of the company including banking & treasury, PWC Monthly, Half Early & Annual Audit compliances."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	225,000 AED

Manager

Posted 09 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Logistics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	293,800 AED

Kyc Officer

Posted 30 May 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compliance, KYC, Customer Due Diligence, Onboarding, Verification."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	96,000 AED

Chief Executive Officer

Posted 24 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	250,000 AED

Senior Financial Analyst

Posted 23 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, business partnering, management accounting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	420,000 AED

Analyst

Posted 23 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research insights data analystics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	416,800 AED

Head Of Product

Posted 13 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	420,000 AED

Mep Manager

Posted 27 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage and execute."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	336,000 AED

Production Application Support

Posted 26 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"UNIX, java, oracle SQL, sybase, sql server."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	240,000 AED

Sr Hr Manager

Posted 25 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Computer eng Certification."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	217,600 AED

Aircraft Technician

Posted 25 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working on aircrafts. Basic aircraft maintenance license."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	144,300 AED

Operations Manager

Posted 11 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer ops, service."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	310,000 AED

Assistant Professor

Posted 10 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Master’s degree."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	287,000 AED

Manager Of Events And Special Projects

Posted 06 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage a team of 3
deliver virtual and in-person events, develop strategic concepts, translate the company's message
deputy the dead of department."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	345,000 AED

Occupational Therapist

Posted 31 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Master degree in psychomotor therapy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	220,000 AED

Occupational Therapist

Posted 31 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Master degree in psychomotor therapy
master degree in school Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	220,000 AED

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