ABU DHABI / SALARY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

SALARY SURVEYS

439

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

3.67 AED = 1 USD

315,515 AED

$85,899 USD

Dubai

313,866 AED

99,173 AED

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Abu Dhabi

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Average salary in Abu Dhabi is 315,515 AED per year. The most typical earning is 99,173 AED. All data are based on 439 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 338,660 AED. Women receive a salary of 214,876 AED.

The most paid careers are Arts, Culture, Performance with average income 999,818 AED and Media with income 520,111 AED.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 412,122 AED. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 400,735 AED.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 500,644 AED. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 477,503 AED.

Levels / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

Salary Levels (AED) per Year	Surveys	[%]
36,700 AED - 55,099 AED	2	100% 0.46%
55,100 AED - 73,499 AED	24	99.54% 5.47%
73,500 AED - 91,799 AED	21	94.08% 4.78%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
91,800 AED - 110,199 AED	27	89.29% 6.15%
110,200 AED - 128,599 AED	23	83.14% 5.24%
128,600 AED - 146,899 AED	19	77.9% 4.33%
146,900 AED - 165,299 AED	16	73.58% 3.64%
165,300 AED - 183,699 AED	18	69.93% 4.1%
183,700 AED - 201,999 AED	26	65.83% 5.92%
202,000 AED - 220,399 AED	15	59.91% 3.42%
220,400 AED - 238,699 AED	10	56.49% 2.28%
238,800 AED - 257,099 AED	22	54.21% 5.01%
257,100 AED - 275,499 AED	8	49.2% 1.82%
275,500 AED - 293,799 AED	10	47.38% 2.28%
293,800 AED - 312,199 AED	27	45.1% 6.15%
312,200 AED - 330,599 AED	8	38.95% 1.82%
330,600 AED - 348,899 AED	8	37.13% 1.82%
348,900 AED - 367,299 AED	16	35.31% 3.64%
367,300 AED - 385,699 AED	8	31.66% 1.82%
385,700 AED - 403,999 AED	8	29.84% 1.82%
404,000 AED - 422,399 AED	13	28.02% 2.96%
422,400 AED - 440,799 AED	6	25.06% 1.37%
440,800 AED - 459,099 AED	7	23.69% 1.59%
459,100 AED - 477,499 AED	5	22.1% 1.14%
477,500 AED - 495,899 AED	12	20.96% 2.73%
495,900 AED - 514,199 AED	6	18.22% 1.37%
514,200 AED - 532,599 AED	4	16.86% 0.91%
532,600 AED - 550,999 AED	5	15.95% 1.14%
HIGH SALARIES
551,000 AED - 587,699 AED	5	14.81% 1.14%
587,700 AED - 624,399 AED	13	13.67% 2.96%
624,400 AED - 661,199 AED	4	10.71% 0.91%
661,200 AED - 697,899 AED	3	9.79% 0.68%
697,900 AED - 734,599 AED	14	9.11% 3.19%
734,600 AED - 771,299 AED	4	5.92% 0.91%
771,400 AED - 808,099 AED	8	5.01% 1.82%
808,100 AED - 844,799 AED	2	3.19% 0.46%
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	349	338,660 AED
2	Women	72	214,876 AED

Education / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	21	412,122 AED
2	Masters Degree	136	400,735 AED
3	Bachelors Degree	244	275,482 AED
4	Bellow H. School	3	226,997 AED
5	Some College	28	216,713 AED
6	High School	7	197,612 AED

Experience / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	65	500,644 AED
2	16-20 Years	49	477,503 AED
3	12-16 Years	60	376,493 AED
4	8-12 Years	115	263,728 AED
5	4-8 Years	83	219,651 AED
6	2-4 Years	38	178,880 AED
7	1-2 Years	18	168,962 AED
8	0-1 Year	11	147,291 AED

Age / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	2	860,240 AED
2	61-65	1	750,047 AED
3	56-60	12	560,515 AED
4	51-55	16	559,781 AED
5	46-50	28	466,116 AED
6	41-45	46	420,203 AED
7	36-40	90	351,516 AED
8	31-35	101	275,482 AED
9	n/a	19	264,830 AED
10	26-30	87	198,714 AED
11	21-25	36	170,064 AED
12	14-20	1	99,908 AED

Work Type / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	355	327,273 AED
2	Self Employed	8	294,950 AED
3	Contract	71	266,667 AED
4	Part Time	5	217,080 AED

Career Groups / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	999,818 AED
2	Media	2	520,111 AED
3	Agriculture & Fishing	1	520,111 AED
4	Aviation & Shipping	8	517,173 AED
5	Geography & Geodesy	3	492,195 AED
6	Management & Business	63	485,217 AED
7	Law	3	484,849 AED
8	Engineers & Technicians IV	5	447,751 AED
9	Finance & Banking	31	397,062 AED
10	Engineers & Technicians V	2	382,002 AED
11	Military	1	366,943 AED
12	IT & Programming	36	334,252 AED
13	Education & University	17	315,152 AED
14	Architect Constructions	12	313,683 AED
15	Public Sector	5	310,377 AED
16	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	18	299,357 AED
17	Human Resources	27	283,563 AED
18	Health Care & Medical	13	282,094 AED
19	IT & Programming II	25	281,727 AED
20	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	4	262,626 AED
21	Engineers & Technicians III	4	260,790 AED
22	Engineers & Technicians	63	253,811 AED
23	Insurance	5	253,076 AED
24	Construction & Labor Workers	22	244,628 AED
25	Engineers & Technicians II	1	240,221 AED
26	Organization & Coordination	5	231,405 AED
27	Making Design	5	213,040 AED
28	Accounting & Administration	25	176,676 AED
29	Health Care & Medical II	9	161,616 AED
30	Hotels & Tourism	8	160,514 AED
31	Customer Services	4	159,780 AED
32	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	4	132,231 AED
33	Salesmen & Saleswomen	2	128,925 AED
34	Automobile	1	110,193 AED
35	Properties & Real Estates	1	99,908 AED
36	Sports & Recreation	3	65,013 AED

Careers / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Other Aviation & Shipping Career	3	671,810 AED
2	Contract Manager	3	623,325 AED
3	General Manager	5	612,306 AED
4	MBA	3	573,371 AED
5	Operations Manager	8	563,086 AED
6	Finance Manager	8	549,496 AED
7	Product Manager	2	532,967 AED
8	Director	7	525,253 AED
9	Manager	14	521,948 AED
10	IT Manager	11	509,826 AED
11	Bank Manager	3	485,951 AED
12	Other Education Career	3	459,505 AED
13	Project Manager	6	445,914 AED
14	Human Resources Manager	9	435,630 AED
15	Program Manager	3	422,774 AED
16	University Professor Assistant	3	422,406 AED
17	Construction Project Manager	3	419,835 AED
18	Engineering Manager	7	414,326 AED
19	Sales Manager	5	408,449 AED
20	Big Constructions Architect	3	403,306 AED
21	Construction Manager	3	380,166 AED
22	University Professor	4	358,862 AED
23	Other Management Career	3	351,516 AED
24	Other IT Career	3	314,417 AED
25	Civil Engineer	4	309,642 AED
26	Other Finance Career	3	296,419 AED
27	Other Human Resource Career	4	291,644 AED
28	Construction Engineer Lead	2	290,542 AED
29	Security Specialist	3	290,175 AED
30	Business Development Manager	7	286,869 AED
31	Technical Manager	7	277,686 AED
32	Engineer	22	268,136 AED
33	IT Coordinator	3	256,382 AED
34	Software Developer	4	244,996 AED
35	Mechanical Engineer Lead	3	243,894 AED
36	Insurance Underwriter	3	243,159 AED
37	System Analyst	6	238,384 AED
38	Healthcare Management	7	232,140 AED
39	Other Medical Career	3	226,630 AED
40	Human Resource	8	220,018 AED
41	Banks	4	217,447 AED
42	Java Developer	3	216,713 AED
43	Architect	6	205,693 AED
44	Lead Developer	5	199,082 AED
45	Mechanical Engineer	11	188,430 AED
46	Other Tourism Career	3	185,859 AED
47	Construction Engineer	7	177,043 AED
48	Electrical Engineer	5	174,105 AED
49	Technician	3	172,268 AED
50	Sales Engineer	3	158,310 AED
51	Marketing Executive	2	156,106 AED
52	Piping Designer	2	155,004 AED
53	Human Resource Administrator	5	147,658 AED
54	Restaurant Manager	3	140,679 AED
55	Senior Accountant	3	134,435 AED
56	Office Administrator	3	132,966 AED
57	Construction Project Coordinator	3	114,968 AED
58	Accountant	5	113,131 AED

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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	440,700 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	661,200 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

Financial P&a

Posted 13 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Forecasting, Budgeting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	192,000 AED

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