Hi Greetings
3. TA (Travelling Allowance) (at least 10% of basic, some company may offer fixed charges from SR350-950) (not applicable for company provided car/pool vehicle).
4. FA (Food Allowance): SR300 and above. Some company club this with HRA. (not applicable for company provided food).
5. Yearly Vacation Allowance (1 months basic salary). For Europeans/USA citizen, company provides 6months paid Vacation (added 21.8.12).
6. Return Air Ticket for self (if family status for family).
7. Other allowance like Mobile Allowance, Hardship allowance etc may also expected from companies.
8. End of Service (usually paid when going on Exit): 15 days basic salary for every year worked. Calculated on last salary drawn.
Note that above is not for employee who get Hourly payment. Hourly payment varies from profession to profession and usually you get paid more, but the catch is that in many case for hourly payment, companies might not give other benefits like HRA, FA and other. But if you are able to get a deal along with other benefits kudos.
Just for Guidance hour rate you can expect:
Carpenter,Shuttering Carpenter, Labour, Mason, helper : SR10 to SR 21/per hour.
Engineers: SR50 and above
Specialised Engineers: SR75 above
Sometimes, if you are lucky you may be also offer USD per hour. Calculate the same in SR @3.75 which is fixed pegged rates for USD. Note that for US/Europeans its always in USD (added 21.8.12)
1. All
cost related to bringing your family i.e. Travel Air Ticket/Iqama/medical
expense/Medical Card
2. House furnishing allowance3. School Tuition Allowance4. Return Air Ticket Allowance5. Relocation Allowance. 6. Extra Baggage Allowance
Now, the big question is how much I ask Salary. This is a difficult question to answer, as everybody has their own needs and requirements.
Regards
Ukmitra
All expats have a
dream to fulfill on materialistic world and this is not possible without
"Money". "Money" is the most important factor an expats
considers when he thinks about moving out of his home town, country and away
from family. Here are some guidelines for you on the subject.
In
Saudi Arabia, your Salary package must have following minimum and anything
above this would be great:
1.
Basic Salary: Min 3000SR (graduates are above). For Labour and Technicians
under supervision (min SR1800). Anything lower than this is a disaster.
2.
HRA (Housing Allowance) (it must be atleast 25% of Basic) (not applicable for
company provided flat). 3. TA (Travelling Allowance) (at least 10% of basic, some company may offer fixed charges from SR350-950) (not applicable for company provided car/pool vehicle).
4. FA (Food Allowance): SR300 and above. Some company club this with HRA. (not applicable for company provided food).
5. Yearly Vacation Allowance (1 months basic salary). For Europeans/USA citizen, company provides 6months paid Vacation (added 21.8.12).
6. Return Air Ticket for self (if family status for family).
7. Other allowance like Mobile Allowance, Hardship allowance etc may also expected from companies.
8. End of Service (usually paid when going on Exit): 15 days basic salary for every year worked. Calculated on last salary drawn.
Note that above is not for employee who get Hourly payment. Hourly payment varies from profession to profession and usually you get paid more, but the catch is that in many case for hourly payment, companies might not give other benefits like HRA, FA and other. But if you are able to get a deal along with other benefits kudos.
Just for Guidance hour rate you can expect:
Carpenter,Shuttering Carpenter, Labour, Mason, helper : SR10 to SR 21/per hour.
Engineers: SR50 and above
Specialised Engineers: SR75 above
Sometimes, if you are lucky you may be also offer USD per hour. Calculate the same in SR @3.75 which is fixed pegged rates for USD. Note that for US/Europeans its always in USD (added 21.8.12)
Then
comes whether you have been given Single working status or Family Status. If
Single Status, nothing more than above you can expect. If Family Status, you
can expect following for your Spouse and 2/3/4 kids depending on company what
they might offer you.
2. House furnishing allowance3. School Tuition Allowance4. Return Air Ticket Allowance5. Relocation Allowance. 6. Extra Baggage Allowance
Remember, many of
above benefits are sometime linked with internal company policies to be
eligible. Hence, you may or may not get these, subject to fulfilling those. So,
ensure you ask the company all these clarification even if they have mention on
the offer letter.
Next
check with company, when is their salary being paid. Mostly companies pay
between 1st and 7th of every month.
Now, the big question is how much I ask Salary. This is a difficult question to answer, as everybody has their own needs and requirements.
But my advice, as a
thumb rules is do not accept any salary less than 3 times your current salary
in home country. In the worst case scenario, if you are first timer and low in
experience, then ofcourse not less the 2 times your salary. Anything less than
this, you are undervaluing yourself and will struggle to go up and do any
saving.
For
Salaries, you may also want to check websites Jobs in the Gulf and the
Middle East | Dubai Jobs, UAE Jobs, Saudi Jobs, Qatar Jobs | Bayt.com and www.gulftalent.com, who have salary
analysis.
Here is a guideline
on salaries through my own re-search.
Classification
|
Average Basic Salary SR (PM)
|
|
Driver
|
1500*(updated)
|
|
Autocad Operator
|
4500
|
|
Administration Assistant
|
4500
|
|
Secretary
|
4500
|
|
Project Coordinator
|
4000
|
|
Executive Secretary
|
4000
|
|
Cad Design Technician
|
4500
|
|
Quality Assurance (QA) & Quality
Control (QC) Electrical Engineer
|
7500
|
|
Administration and Finance
Coordinator
|
5000
|
|
Electrical Tendering / Material
Approval Engineer
|
7000
|
|
Finance Coordinator
|
9000
|
|
Mechanical Piping Engineer
|
7500
|
|
Mechanical Procurement Engineer
|
7500
|
|
System Specialist
|
7500
|
|
Site Mechanical Engineer
|
5200
|
|
CAD
|
5250
|
|
Technician
|
4000-5304
|
|
Safety Supervisor
|
5000-7500
|
|
Electrical Automation and Sales
Engineer
|
5500
|
|
Electrical Engineer Commissioning
|
6000-8000
|
|
Civil Engineer / Supervisor
|
6000-9000
|
|
Head Quality Department
|
12000-15000
|
|
Resident Civil Engineer / Civil
Inspector
|
6000-8500
|
|
Safety Officer / Advisor
|
6000-15000
|
|
Project Manager & Telecom
Engineer
|
6125
|
|
Administration Officer
|
6419-12000
|
|
HSE Trainer
|
6500-15000
|
|
Accountant
|
6521
|
|
Mechanical Engineer
|
6881
|
|
Mechanical Engineer (Industrial
Inspector)
|
7000
|
|
Mechanical Engineer - Projects
|
7236
|
|
System Administrator
|
7293
|
|
HR Assistant
|
5000-7333
|
|
Recruitment Specialist
|
6000-12000
|
|
Quality Engineer
|
7455
|
|
Information Technology (IT) &
Communication Specialist
|
7575
|
|
Personnel Administration Manager
|
8000
|
|
Civil engineer
|
8180
|
|
Civil Project Engineer
|
8250
|
|
HR Specialist
|
8292
|
|
Assistant Finance Manager
|
8413
|
|
Construction Engineer
|
8600
|
|
Mechanical Engineer / Planning
Department
|
8775-15000
|
|
Office Manager & Administration
Officer
|
7500-12000
|
|
Electrical Engineer
|
9456
|
|
Construction Supervisor
|
9635
|
|
Radiation Safety Officer
|
10000-12000
|
|
Software and Project Department
Manager
|
10000
|
|
Project Engineer
|
10795
|
|
Employee Relations
|
7500-11000
|
|
HSE
|
8000-12000
|
|
Electrical/Telecom Engineer
|
11780
|
|
Information Technology (IT) Manager /
Oracle ERP Project Manager
|
12000-25000
|
|
Marketing
|
12477-20000
|
|
Electrical Site Engineer
|
8000-15000
|
|
Senior Consultant / Project Manager
|
12500
|
|
Administration
|
13103
|
|
Network Project Manager
|
13200
|
|
Information Technology (IT) Project
Manager
|
13333
|
|
Cost Engineer
|
13500
|
|
Finance & Projects Manager
|
14000
|
|
Senior Hvac Project Engineer
|
14000
|
|
Instrument Engineer
|
14179
|
|
Civil Site Engineer
|
15000
|
|
Civil Superintendent
|
15000
|
|
Construction Engineering Supervisor
|
15000
|
|
Senior Electrical Design Engineer /
Project Engineer
|
15000
|
|
Human Resources
|
15262
|
|
Assistant Project Manager
|
16000
|
|
Senior Project Manager
|
16500
|
|
Electrical Project Engineer
|
16667
|
|
Lead Civil Engineer
|
16876
|
|
Cost Estimator
|
17000
|
|
HVAC Engineer
|
17000
|
|
Senior HVAC engineer
|
17000
|
|
Project Manager
|
17366
|
|
Senior Electrical Engineer
|
17500
|
|
HR Manager
|
17514
|
|
Finance Manager
|
17617
|
|
Senior Civil Engineer
|
18000
|
|
Sr. Consultant - Information
Technology (IT) Software Project Manager
|
18000
|
|
Administration Manager
|
9000-18821
|
|
Payroll & Administration
Supervisor
|
15000-20700
|
|
Human Resources (HR) & Administration
Manager
|
15000-35000
|
|
Assistant Vice President (AVP) - Financial
|
21000
|
|
Quality, Health, Safety &
Environmental Manager
|
12000-21000
|
|
Electrical & Instrument Project
Engineer
|
22000
|
|
PDS Administrator
|
25000
|
|
Project Design Manager
|
25000
|
|
Project Quality Manager (PQM)
|
30000
|
|
President
|
46500
|
|
Vice President
|
46500
|
|
Project Quality Manager and Lead
Quality Auditor
|
47000
|
|
| Updated : April 2014 | ||
Hope above is
helpful.
Regards
Ukmitra
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