Saudi Arabia Salary Guide — What Employers Actually Advertise

Across 81 Saudi vacancies that published a monthly SAR figure — 1.2% of all live vacancies — 5 sectors have enough data to report. Each row below is the low, median and high of what employers actually advertised, not an estimate.

Written and maintained by the SouqFind editorial teamLast updated ١٦ سبتمبر ٢٠٢٦Midpoints of publicly advertised SAR ranges on live SouqFind vacancies. A sector appears only once at least five vacancies from two or more separate sources have published pay, and figures that look like data-entry errors are held back.

Advertised monthly salary by sector (SAR)

Low, median and high advertised monthly salary in Saudi Riyal by sector
Sector	Low	Median	High	Vacancies used	Sources	Confidence
Construction & Civil	1500	2175	3750	12	12	Moderate
Maintenance & Technicians	750	2000	6000	29	29	Strong
Warehouse & Storekeeping	1600	1880	2200	7	7	Limited
Transport & Drivers	1200	1800	2500	7	6	Limited
Cleaning & Facility Management	1200	1500	2900	9	9	Limited

Advertised monthly salary by job title (SAR)

The same screening rules, applied to individual job titles rather than whole sectors.

Low, median and high advertised monthly salary in Saudi Riyal by job title
Job title	Low	Median	High	Adverts used	Sources	Confidence
Technician	1700	2575	7500	18	17	Moderate
Helper	1500	1800	2800	15	14	Moderate
Driver	1200	1900	2500	8	6	Limited
Cleaner	1200	1500	2900	7	2	Limited
Mason	1600	2250	2800	7	6	Limited
Storekeeper	1600	1880	2200	6	5	Limited

Advertised monthly salary by city (SAR)

All sectors together, per city. Pay varies far more by job title than by location — use the tables above for what a specific role pays.

Low, median and high advertised monthly salary in Saudi Riyal by city
City	Low	Median	High	Vacancies used	Sources	Confidence
Riyadh	1200	2000	7500	44	44	Strong
Jeddah	1700	2250	7500	16	16	Moderate
Dammam	750	1600	3000	7	7	Limited
Jubail	1200	3675	5250	6	6	Limited

How these figures are produced

Every active, unexpired vacancy on SouqFind is read at page load.
Vacancies where the employer hid the salary, or published it in a currency other than SAR, are excluded entirely.
For each remaining vacancy the midpoint of the advertised range is taken as one observation.
Each observation is screened. Anything outside a plausible monthly Saudi range (SAR 400–60000), or far from comparable vacancies in the same sector, is held back for checking with the employer instead of being published. 3 figures are currently held back.
Observations are grouped by sector; a sector is published only when at least 5 vacancies from 2 or more separate sources have advertised a figure, so one employer repeating a role cannot set the market.
Low, median and high are the minimum, median and maximum of those observations. The sample size, employer count and a confidence label are printed beside them.
The same figures are stored once a day, so movements over time can be reported without rewriting history.

Common questions

What is the average salary in Saudi Arabia?

There is no single figure. Pay depends heavily on sector, experience and whether accommodation and transport are provided. The table on this page gives the low, median and high monthly SAR figures actually advertised by employers on SouqFind, per sector, with the number of vacancies each figure is based on.

Why do so few Saudi jobs show a salary?

Most employers in Saudi Arabia treat pay as negotiable and discuss it at interview, so they publish the role without a figure. Only the vacancies where an employer chose to publish a SAR range are used here, which is why sample sizes are small and stated openly.

Are these salaries basic pay or total package?

They are the monthly figure the employer advertised, which in Saudi Arabia is normally basic pay. Accommodation, transport, food allowance, overtime and annual air tickets are usually listed separately in the vacancy's benefits.

How often is this updated?

Continuously. The figures are recalculated from live, unexpired vacancies every time the page is requested. A daily snapshot of the same figures is also stored so month-on-month movements can be reported later.

How do you stop one wrong salary skewing the table?

Every advertised figure is screened before it counts. Anything outside a plausible monthly Saudi range, or far away from comparable vacancies in the same sector, is held back for checking rather than published. A sector only appears once at least five vacancies from at least two separate sources have advertised pay — separate employers, or separate adverts where several vacancies are posted through one account.

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