country,indicator_type,metric,value,currency,period,coverage,source,source_url,confidence
Qatar,official_wage_anchor,Average monthly wage of wage-earning workers,11900,QAR,2022 (annual),All wage earners; about QR 11.9 thousand (males 11.8; females 12.2),National Planning Council (NPC) Labour Force Sample Survey 2022,https://www.npc.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/Labor%20Force/Labor_Force_Sample_Survey_2022_EN.pdf,official-primary
Kuwait,official_wage_anchor,Average monthly wage — Kuwaitis,1592,KWD,as at 31 Mar 2026,Excludes household (domestic) sector,Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) LMIS,https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/IntegratedDataView_En,official-primary
Kuwait,official_wage_anchor,Average monthly wage — non-Kuwaitis,352,KWD,as at 31 Mar 2026,Excludes household (domestic) sector,Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) LMIS,https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/IntegratedDataView_En,official-primary
Bahrain,official_wage_anchor,Median monthly wage — Bahrainis (overall),575,BHD,Q2 2023 (latest confirmed),SIO-registered Bahrainis; private median 473 / public median 747,Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA),https://lmra.gov.bh/files/cms/shared/newsletter_en.pdf,official-primary
Saudi Arabia,official_wage_anchor,Average monthly wage of paid employees in main job — total,5795,SAR,Q4 2025,All paid employees (LFS),GASTAT Labour Market Statistics Q4 2025,https://gulfmigration.grc.net/saudi-arabia-average-monthly-wages-per-paid-employee-in-main-employment-by-nationality-saudi-non-saudi-sex-and-aggregated-age-group-in-sr-q4-2025/,official-via-glmm
Saudi Arabia,official_wage_anchor,Average monthly wage of paid employees in main job — Saudis,11103,SAR,Q4 2025,Saudi paid employees (LFS),GASTAT Labour Market Statistics Q4 2025,https://gulfmigration.grc.net/saudi-arabia-average-monthly-wages-per-paid-employee-in-main-employment-by-nationality-saudi-non-saudi-sex-and-aggregated-age-group-in-sr-q4-2025/,official-via-glmm
Saudi Arabia,official_wage_anchor,Average monthly wage of paid employees in main job — non-Saudis,4131,SAR,Q4 2025,Non-Saudi paid employees (LFS),GASTAT Labour Market Statistics Q4 2025,https://gulfmigration.grc.net/saudi-arabia-average-monthly-wages-per-paid-employee-in-main-employment-by-nationality-saudi-non-saudi-sex-and-aggregated-age-group-in-sr-q4-2025/,official-via-glmm
United Arab Emirates,official_wage_anchor,Economy-wide average wage,NOT_PUBLISHED,AED,checked Aug 2026,FCSC publishes labour-force statistics but no official average wage; market figures are commercial-survey based,Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC),https://fcsc.gov.ae/,not-published
Oman,official_wage_anchor,Economy-wide average or median wage,NOT_PUBLISHED,OMR,checked Sep 2026,NCSI publishes insured-Omani counts by wage bracket; not an average,National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI),https://www.ncsi.gov.om/,not-published
United Arab Emirates,pay_structure,Currency / income tax / WPS / pension / nationalisation,AED pegged USD 3.6725; 0% income tax; WPS via MoHRE since 2009; GPSSA (ADPF in Abu Dhabi); Emiratisation,,2026,,Labeeb structural compilation from official frameworks,https://labeeb.ae/gcc-salary-index/,labeeb-compiled
Saudi Arabia,pay_structure,Currency / income tax / WPS / pension / nationalisation,SAR pegged USD 3.75; 0% income tax; WPS via Mudad-Qiwa; GOSI; Saudization (Nitaqat),,2026,,Labeeb structural compilation from official frameworks,https://labeeb.ae/gcc-salary-index/,labeeb-compiled
Qatar,pay_structure,Currency / income tax / WPS / pension / nationalisation,QAR pegged USD 3.64; 0% income tax; WPS via Ministry of Labour; GRSIA; Qatarization,,2026,,Labeeb structural compilation from official frameworks,https://labeeb.ae/gcc-salary-index/,labeeb-compiled
Kuwait,pay_structure,Currency / income tax / WPS / pension / nationalisation,KWD basket-pegged (strongest GCC currency); 0% income tax; PAM-monitored salary transfer; PIFSS; Kuwaitization,,2026,,Labeeb structural compilation from official frameworks,https://labeeb.ae/gcc-salary-index/,labeeb-compiled
Oman,pay_structure,Currency / income tax / WPS / pension / nationalisation,OMR pegged (1 OMR = USD 2.60); 0% income tax; WPS via Ministry of Labour; Social Protection Fund; Omanisation,,2026,,Labeeb structural compilation from official frameworks,https://labeeb.ae/gcc-salary-index/,labeeb-compiled
Bahrain,pay_structure,Currency / income tax / WPS / pension / nationalisation,BHD pegged (1 BHD = USD 2.66); 0% income tax; WPS via LMRA phased from 2021; SIO; expat end-of-service via monthly employer contributions to SIO since 1 Mar 2024; Bahrainisation,,2026,,Labeeb structural compilation from official frameworks,https://labeeb.ae/gcc-salary-index/,labeeb-compiled