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Saudi Arabia Salary Survey Guide 2024

Discover detailed analysis of salaries and hiring trends in your industry.

Unlock industry insights: Your 2024 salary guide for hiring and jobs across Saudi Arabia


Saudi Arabia's recruitment scene is continuously shifting, and we have the insider knowledge to keep you informed. We don’t just help you keep up – we ensure you lead.

Our Salary Survey is your ultimate guide to understanding your industry’s current state and future direction. We provide you with the comprehensive data, detailed analysis, and valuable insights necessary to make bold decisions, fine-tune your career strategy, and outperform your competition in talent attraction and retention. With our guidance, you can navigate the complexities of the Saudi job market with confidence and success.

Salary insights, the power of knowledge

Grounded in real-world market data, analysis, and insights, our Salary Survey exhaustively uncovers every aspect of your industry, including:

  • Trends to watch
  • In-demand skillsets 
  • Salary expectations



We equip you with tools to explore the sectors, roles, and statistics that are crucial to you. Whether you need global insights, national data, or local information, our Salary Survey has it all, tailored to meet your specific requirements.

Key Salary & Compensation insights in Saudi Arabia

SS Blocks

%

of businesses are giving pay rises in 2024

%

of professionals are looking for a new job in 2024

1.3 Years

Average tenure of professionals

%

of professionals are confident about job opportunities in this sector

%

of professionals are expecting a pay rise in 2024

Hiring Manager? Benchmark your teams salaries

If you’re growing your team or simply need to retain the talent you have, the Salary Survey gives you the insights you need to have the right team in place to keep your business moving forward.

Candidate? Find out your salary with an individual salary guide

Whether you’re looking for a new role or preparing for your end-of-year appraisal, the Salary Survey will arm you with everything you need to know to get what you deserve.

                  

 

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why should I use a salary guide?
    To find out what a reasonable salary is for the job and industry you are in or are thinking of moving into, use our guide to discover the average pay for someone with a similar level of experience as you and view your earning potential.​
  • What are the benefits of using a salary benchmarking guide?​
    Whether you're due a pay rise, promotion, or bonus, our guide allows you to review accurate market salary and pay averages to see how you can compare to others in your sector. Having accurate data-led information will help identify exactly how much you should be earning so you can prepare to negotiate your pay in your next performance review.​
  • When is the best time to negotiate my pay?​
    Pay reviews often take place during the annual and half-year employee performance review periods. Make sure you take this into consideration and time your negotiation right. If the annual pay review is in January, and you call the meeting for February, you're likely to have missed the boat. In such a case, November would be the most suitable time here.​
  • What is the salary benchmarking process and why is it important?​
    Salary benchmarking is the process of comparing salaries across the market for a particular job and providing a range and average for a particular role which can help guide an employer's decision-making on pay or bonuses during appraisal period or when making a new hire. The benchmarking process is essential for assessing and comparing pay and compensation packages in relation to the market and of those provided by competitors. Pay and compensation benchmarking can also provide significant competitor advantage, through the retention and attraction of top talent and enhancing an organisations reputation.
  • How to do benchmarking?​
    In partnership with a data collection specialist, a benchmarking tool offers a fully comprehensive list of salary ranges and averages based on location, experience level and more. You can view the latest salary range and averages in our 2023 guide.​
  • How should employers evaluate employee pay & compensation during performance reviews?​
    Salary and compensation reviews often take place during the annual and half-year employee performance reviews. In tangent with the employee performance scoring, you can use a salary benchmarking tool to inform the pay and compensation review process. The tool also gives good insight into market trends in-demand skill sets. So, use performance reviews to see where the employee fits relative to the external jobs market and avoid losing in-demand talent through effective pay and compensation strategies.​

Bespoke salary benchmarking

Using a combination of our own data, publicly available insights and our recruitment experts, we build bespoke overviews of the salaries and benefits required to attract talent.