Some job
titles have a large salary range (highest is 5x-10x lowest) - generally means
that, Emirati, GCC, and Western nationals (or possibly those holding Western
qualifications if relevant) will be more likely to earn the top end salaries,
whilst Asians, Africans, and Middle East (not GCC) nationalities will be paid
low-range salaries.
Some will view this as been racism, others will view it as reflecting education, experience, work ethic, and other generalizations. What matters to you personally is the minimum that your company thinks they can get away with paying you, at the same time, you can't easily change your nationality, you can change your qualifications, your experience, how you present yourself, etc.
Job
titles which have a smaller salary range (highest is 1x-3x lowest) are more
likely to pay dependent on experience, qualifications, sometimes size of
company, and less dependent on nationality.
However,
nationality might be a factor in determining whether or not a person actually
gets hired for the higher paying jobs (this usually won't be made clear in job
advertisements or interviews, and is more likely in small companies which don't
have HR departments:
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Job title
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2010-2011
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2012-2013
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2014
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AED, monthly
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AED, monthly
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AED, monthly
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Abra
driver
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700
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Accountant
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3k-10k
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3k-15k
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3k-20k
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Air
Hostess - see Cabin Crew
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Airline
Pilot (Captain)
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25k-35k
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30k-45k
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30k-50k
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Airline
Pilot (First Officer)
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20k-30k
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20k-30k
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20k-30k
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Bank -
management
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10k-30k
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15k-40k
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15k-50k
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Bank -
teller
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5k-12k
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Bar
Manager
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5k-15k
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5k-15k
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5k-25k
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Bus
driver - Indian school
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1,500-2,500
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Carpenter
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1k-4k
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1k-4k
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1k-4k
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Cashier
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1k-5k
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1k-5k
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Cashier,
supermarket
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1k-2,500
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1k-2,500
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Cabin
Crew
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5k-11k
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7k-14k
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CEO,
small company
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15k-40k
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15k-40k
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CEO,
large company
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50k-150k
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CEO,
banking sector
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100k-150k
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CEO
construction industry
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60k-150k
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Cleaner
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800-1,300
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Construction
worker
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500-1500
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Cook,
Chef
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1k-10k
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Country
Head (banking)
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130k-170k
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Customer
Service Agent
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3k-10k
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Doctor
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15k-75k
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Driver
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1k-2500
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Editor,
newspaper
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10k-75k
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Electrician
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Engineer
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8k-30k
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Engineer,
Civil
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10k-75k
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Executive
Assistant
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15k-25k
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Flight
Attendant - see Cabin Crew
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Front
Desk Staff (hotels)
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5k-15k
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Gardener
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500-1500
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General
Manager (hospitality)
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25k-45k
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Instructor
(tertiary level)
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6k-25k
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Investment
Banker
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50k-100k
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IT -
too vague, wide range
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3k-50k+
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Kindergarten
Supervisor (Indian)
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5,000
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Kindergarten
Supervisor (Western)
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12k-20k
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Kindergarten
Teacher
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see Nursery School Teacher entry
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Laborer
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600-1500
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600-1500
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600-1500
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Lawyer
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25k-200k
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Maid,
Nanny2
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700-2500
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700-3000
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Manager,
mid-level
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5k-30k
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Manager,
senior
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10k-50k
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Nurse
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2,500-10k
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2,500-15k
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Nurse -
Nursery, Preschool
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2,500-5k
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Nursery
School Director, Manager
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10k-20k
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Nursery
School Teacher
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1k-8k
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1k-10k
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Nursery
Teaching Assistant
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2k-3k
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Office
Manager
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8k-16k
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Office
Worker
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2k-6k
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1500-7k
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Personal
Assistant (PA)
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2k-25k
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2k-25k
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Pharmacist
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5k-8k
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6k-9k
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Pilot -
see Airline Pilot
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PRO
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Product
Officer (banking)
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10,000-20,000
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Professional1
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5,000-40,000
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Project
Manager
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10,000-50,000
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12,000-75,000
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Quantity
Surveyor (junior)
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10,000-14,000
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Receptionist
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2500-8000
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Receptionist,
bilingual
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10,000-15,000
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Reporter,
newspaper
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10,000-25,000
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Research
Assistant
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8,000-12,000
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Restaurant
Manager
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5,000-15,000
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Sales,
commercial
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5,000-25,000
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Sales
assistant, shop
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1,500-2,500
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Sales
supervisor, supermarket
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1,500-2,500
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School
Headmaster (Indian School)
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6,000-10,000
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7,000-15,000
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7,000-12,000
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School
Principal (expensive school)
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25,000-40,000
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25,000-45,000
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Secretary
- see Receptionist
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Security
Guard
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1000-2000
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1000-2000
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Shop
Assistant
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1000-4000
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Taxi
Driver
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1000-4000
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Teacher,
Indian school
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1,500-5,000
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1,500-5,000
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Teacher,
Emirati, government school
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24,000-34,0003
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Teacher,
expat, government school
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2,000-6,000
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Teacher,
expat, PPP school Abu Dhabi
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5,000-20,000
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Teacher,
preschool, kindergarten
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see Nursery School Teacher entry
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Teacher,
university
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3,000-22,000
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5,000-30,000
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Teacher,
western school
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5,000-22,000
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Teaching
Assistant (TA)
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2,000-4,000
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Technician,
Etisalat
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10,000
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Technology
- too vague, see IT
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Telesales
and Marketing
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3,000-10,000
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Waiter,
Waitress
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1,000-5,000
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1,000-5,000
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Window
cleaner (Burj Khalifa)
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2,2004
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Professional
means a profession for which a higher level qualification is required, e.g.
lawyer, architect, engineer, etc. Salary range is for those employed by a
company. Professionals who work for themselves can earn between 0 (or less
until going bust up) and $lot$ per month (>100k is possible).
Minimum
salaries for maids set by the respective governments of the country they come
from are: Bangladesh AED 750, India AED 1,100, Indonesia AED 800, Philippines
AED 1,400, Sri Lanka AED 850 (figures not confirmed). It's not clear if these
minimum salaries are supported by labour law in the UAE so some maids are paid
less than the minimum while some earned more. So I guess this sometimes has to
do with luck and opportunity available to the applicants at that point in time.
Driving job
(Taxi
Driver)
Remuneration:
Basic Sal.: 1200AED
Accommodation
and transportation
Security Officer
(Security
Guards)
Remuneration:
Accommodation
and transportation
Executive Cleaner
(Cleaning
job)
Remuneration:
Accommodation
and transportation
Front Desk Office
(Office
Reception)
