A Gulf Business Salary Survey Shows Annual Increases in a Review of Middle East Jobs

A Gulf Business Salary Survey Shows Annual Increases in a Review of Middle East Jobs PR Newswire DUBAI, August 12, 2012 DUBAI, August 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Neither the international financial downturn, nor the economic impact of the Arab spring over the past year have taken the shine off salaries for gulf jobs in the past year. The 2012 Gulf Business salary survey of middle east jobs was calculated by taking the average salary across the region for Western, Asian and Arab expats across different sectors in the six GCC countries for the first quarter of 2012. Alicia Buller, Editor of gulfbusiness.com commented on the outcome of the survey saying "employment in the middle east has largely mapped the upward fate of the GCC economy. In discussions with regional recruitment companies, we have learned that through tracking job vacancies, salaries in many sectors have increased. As the region's economy recovery continues apace, sales and marketing managers are bringing home the highest salaries in 2012, earning an average monthly wage of $11,560. Although HR managers earn the second highest salaries in the region at around $11,468.6 per month, human resources was the only industry that witnessed a dramatic average salary drop year-on-year, with companies scaling back the function of HR departments. As a result, expatriate HR managers in the UAE, saw their wages slashed by 37 per cent.