ABU DHABI / SALARY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

SALARY SURVEYS

440

UPDATED
December 2023
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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Gross income

Net (after tax)

3.67 AED = 1 USD

315,256 AED

$85,830 USD

Dubai

313,544 AED

99,171 AED

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Abu Dhabi

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Average salary in Abu Dhabi is 315,256 AED per year. The most typical earning is 99,171 AED. All data are based on 440 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 338,286 AED. Women receive a salary of 214,872 AED.

The most paid careers are Arts, Culture, Performance with average income 999,798 AED and Media with income 520,101 AED.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 412,113 AED. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 400,727 AED.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 500,633 AED. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 477,493 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 - 128,599 AED	23	83.18% 5.23%
128,600 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%
183,700 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 - 330,599 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 - 385,699 AED	8	31.59% 1.82%
385,700 AED - 403,999 AED	8	29.77% 1.82%
404,000 AED - 422,399 AED	13	27.95% 2.95%
422,400 AED - 440,799 AED	6	25% 1.36%
440,800 AED - 459,099 AED	7	23.64% 1.59%
459,100 AED - 477,499 AED	5	22.05% 1.14%
477,500 AED - 495,899 AED	12	20.91% 2.73%
495,900 AED - 514,199 AED	6	18.18% 1.36%
514,200 AED - 532,599 AED	4	16.82% 0.91%
532,600 AED - 550,999 AED	5	15.91% 1.14%
HIGH SALARIES
551,000 AED - 587,699 AED	5	14.77% 1.14%
587,700 AED - 624,399 AED	13	13.64% 2.95%
624,400 AED - 661,099 AED	4	10.68% 0.91%
661,100 AED - 697,899 AED	3	9.77% 0.68%
697,900 AED - 734,599 AED	14	9.09% 3.18%
734,600 AED - 771,299 AED	4	5.91% 0.91%
771,300 AED - 808,099 AED	8	5% 1.82%
808,100 AED - 844,799 AED	2	3.18% 0.45%
844,800 AED - 881,499 AED	0	n/a
881,500 AED - 918,299 AED	5	2.73% 1.14%
918,300 AED - 1,285,599 AED	7	1.59% 1.59%

Gender / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	350	338,286 AED
2	Women	72	214,872 AED

Education / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	21	412,113 AED
2	Masters Degree	136	400,727 AED
3	Bachelors Degree	245	275,109 AED
4	Bellow H. School	3	226,993 AED
5	Some College	28	216,708 AED
6	High School	7	197,609 AED

Experience / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	65	500,633 AED
2	16-20 Years	49	477,493 AED
3	12-16 Years	60	376,485 AED
4	8-12 Years	115	263,723 AED
5	4-8 Years	84	219,279 AED
6	2-4 Years	38	178,876 AED
7	1-2 Years	18	168,959 AED
8	0-1 Year	11	147,288 AED

Age / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	2	860,223 AED
2	61-65	1	750,032 AED
3	56-60	12	560,504 AED
4	51-55	16	559,769 AED
5	46-50	28	466,107 AED
6	41-45	46	420,194 AED
7	36-40	91	349,672 AED
8	31-35	101	275,477 AED
9	n/a	19	264,825 AED
10	26-30	87	198,710 AED
11	21-25	36	170,061 AED
12	14-20	1	99,906 AED

Work Type / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	356	326,899 AED
2	Self Employed	8	294,944 AED
3	Contract	71	266,661 AED
4	Part Time	5	217,076 AED

Career Groups / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	999,798 AED
2	Media	2	520,101 AED
3	Agriculture & Fishing	1	520,101 AED
4	Aviation & Shipping	8	517,162 AED
5	Geography & Geodesy	3	492,186 AED
6	Management & Business	63	485,207 AED
7	Law	3	484,839 AED
8	Engineers & Technicians IV	5	447,742 AED
9	Finance & Banking	32	391,177 AED
10	Engineers & Technicians V	2	381,995 AED
11	Military	1	366,935 AED
12	IT & Programming	36	334,245 AED
13	Education & University	17	315,145 AED
14	Architect Constructions	12	313,676 AED
15	Public Sector	5	310,371 AED
16	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	18	299,351 AED
17	Human Resources	27	283,557 AED
18	Health Care & Medical	13	282,088 AED
19	IT & Programming II	25	281,721 AED
20	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	4	262,621 AED
21	Engineers & Technicians III	4	260,785 AED
22	Engineers & Technicians	63	253,806 AED
23	Insurance	5	253,071 AED
24	Construction & Labor Workers	22	244,623 AED
25	Engineers & Technicians II	1	240,216 AED
26	Organization & Coordination	5	231,400 AED
27	Making Design	5	213,035 AED
28	Accounting & Administration	25	176,672 AED
29	Health Care & Medical II	9	161,613 AED
30	Hotels & Tourism	8	160,511 AED
31	Customer Services	4	159,776 AED
32	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	4	132,229 AED
33	Salesmen & Saleswomen	2	128,923 AED
34	Automobile	1	110,190 AED
35	Properties & Real Estates	1	99,906 AED
36	Sports & Recreation	3	65,012 AED

Careers / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Other Aviation & Shipping Career	3	671,797 AED
2	Contract Manager	3	623,313 AED
3	General Manager	5	612,294 AED
4	MBA	3	573,359 AED
5	Operations Manager	8	563,075 AED
6	Finance Manager	8	549,485 AED
7	Director	7	525,243 AED
8	Manager	14	521,937 AED
9	IT Manager	11	509,816 AED
10	Bank Manager	3	485,941 AED
11	Other Education Career	3	459,496 AED
12	Project Manager	6	445,905 AED
13	Human Resources Manager	9	435,621 AED
14	Program Manager	3	422,765 AED
15	University Professor Assistant	3	422,398 AED
16	Construction Project Manager	3	419,827 AED
17	Engineering Manager	7	414,317 AED
18	Sales Manager	5	408,440 AED
19	Big Constructions Architect	3	403,298 AED
20	Construction Manager	3	380,158 AED
21	Risk Manager	2	379,056 AED
22	University Professor	4	358,855 AED
23	Other Management Career	3	351,508 AED
24	Other IT Career	3	314,411 AED
25	Civil Engineer	4	309,636 AED
26	Other Finance Career	3	296,413 AED
27	Other Human Resource Career	4	291,638 AED
28	Construction Engineer Lead	2	290,536 AED
29	Security Specialist	3	290,169 AED
30	Business Development Manager	7	286,863 AED
31	Technical Manager	7	277,681 AED
32	Engineer	22	268,131 AED
33	IT Coordinator	3	256,377 AED
34	Software Developer	4	244,991 AED
35	Mechanical Engineer Lead	3	243,889 AED
36	Insurance Underwriter	3	243,154 AED
37	System Analyst	6	238,379 AED
38	Healthcare Management	7	232,135 AED
39	Other Medical Career	3	226,625 AED
40	Human Resource	8	220,014 AED
41	Banks	4	217,443 AED
42	Java Developer	3	216,708 AED
43	Architect	6	205,689 AED
44	Lead Developer	5	199,078 AED
45	Mechanical Engineer	11	188,426 AED
46	Other Tourism Career	3	185,855 AED
47	Construction Engineer	7	177,040 AED
48	Electrical Engineer	5	174,101 AED
49	Technician	3	172,265 AED
50	Sales Engineer	3	158,307 AED
51	Marketing Executive	2	156,103 AED
52	Piping Designer	2	155,001 AED
53	Human Resource Administrator	5	147,655 AED
54	Restaurant Manager	3	140,677 AED
55	Senior Accountant	3	134,432 AED
56	Office Administrator	3	132,963 AED
57	Construction Project Coordinator	3	114,965 AED
58	Accountant	5	113,129 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	1,000,000 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	475,800 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	800,000 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	264,500 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	480,000 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	560,000 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	144,400 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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