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Average monthly wages

The average monthly salary of an employee in Saudi Arabia.

5,794 riyals · Latest reading · Q2 2026

أي نحو 69,500 ريال في السنة.

A statistical note: the arithmetic mean is pulled up by a few very high salaries, and most of the workforce earns below it..

Definition

The average total monthly wage of employees registered with the General Organization for Social Insurance..

Business brokerage

A benchmark for how competitive salaries are, what hiring costs, and how an employer's wage bill is built..

Reading the path

5,794.0riyalsQ2 2026
5,0005,5006,0006,5007,000
Q1 2017Q2 2026

Shown: the whole series as the agency published it, 38 readings since Q1 2017.

تراجع بمقدار 41 ريالاً مقارنة بالربع الأول من 2026، ومستقراً دون متوسطه السنوي البالغ 5,907 ريالات.

The last 12 periodic readings

PeriodValue (riyals) Periodic change
Q2 20265,794▼ 41
Q1 20265,835▲ 40
Q4 20255,795▲ 55
Q3 20255,740▲ 157
Q2 20255,583▲ 161
Q1 20255,422▼ 721
Q4 20246,143▲ 134
Q3 20246,009▼ 150
Q2 20246,159▼ 82
Q1 20246,241▼ 9
Q4 20236,250▲ 342
Q3 20235,908▼ 110

Source record

Official data retrieved automatically from Labour market statistics (GASTAT), and archived daily in the historical record so a reading is kept with its date even if the source revises it later. Figures are never entered by hand, and never changed after publication.