Brit expats earn double that of Indian counterparts

Saturday, 7 March 2009 7:56 AM

British expats working in GCC states earn more than double the salary of their Indian expat peers, according to the results of the Arabian Business Salary Survey 2009.

Employees from the UK who took part in our poll during January told us they earned an average of nearly $14,500 a month including all bonuses, commission and allowances compared to the Indian average of just over $6,000.

But it was the Americans who said they earned the most of the expat communities in the region, taking home an average salary of more than $19,000 a month.

The Australians came second, with an average salary of nearly $17,000, with the South Africans third with a monthly pay packet of $16,152.

The Brits came in fourth ($14,478), with the Canadians completing the top five positions with their average salary of $13,726.

Workers from the Philippines were the worst paid, according to our data, earning an average of $3,082 a month, almost half that of Syrians who came second from bottom in the salary rankings. Indians, Pakistanis and Egyptians completed the bottom five.

Our survey conducted in January attracted more than 3,000 respondents and a large majority of those were expats taking advantage of the tax-free living in the Gulf region. For the purposes of this story, a minimum of 50 responses were required.

Across the whole survey, you told us your average monthly salary was $8,857. Click here for full details.

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Posted by: NISK Saturday, 14 March 2009 7:10 AM[UAE] - UAE

The Qualified Expats leaving home and comming Here will simply not work for less. do you seriously think that companies in Dubai will pay double or triple if it wasn't worth it .

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Posted by: jster Saturday, 14 March 2009 1:49 AM[UAE] - United Arab Emirates

yup ...this is nothing new .......Singapore was like that in the early eighties .....but that has changed as the local people got more educated and leaders arose. Here in the middle east ....there is extreme prejudice or protectionism. alot of middle east money has been lost in the west and yet the companies here still want to be run by UK or US expats .... anyways having said all ...lets just stop complaining and move on .... we all should stand for ourselves and not let prejudice win!

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Posted by: Mel Friday, 13 March 2009 5:29 PM[UAE]

Employers will get their money's worth if they pay their employees according to staff job requirements/position not based on nationality, countries cost of living, etc.

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Posted by: Jebel Ali Baba Thursday, 12 March 2009 5:49 PM[UAE] - United Arab Emirates

Yes Debbie, yhey should even hire Hamsters. They almost cost nothing and keep the wheel spinning too...

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Posted by: debbie Thursday, 12 March 2009 1:55 PM[UAE] - United Arab Emirates

Fire the brits and americans.. Hire the indians! Companies will save half their money and still have people working their operations!

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