Average monthly wages
The average monthly salary of an employee in Saudi Arabia.
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
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
| Period | Value (riyals) | Periodic change |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 5,794 | ▼ 41 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,835 | ▲ 40 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,795 | ▲ 55 |
| Q3 2025 | 5,740 | ▲ 157 |
| Q2 2025 | 5,583 | ▲ 161 |
| Q1 2025 | 5,422 | ▼ 721 |
| Q4 2024 | 6,143 | ▲ 134 |
| Q3 2024 | 6,009 | ▼ 150 |
| Q2 2024 | 6,159 | ▼ 82 |
| Q1 2024 | 6,241 | ▼ 9 |
| Q4 2023 | 6,250 | ▲ 342 |
| Q3 2023 | 5,908 | ▼ 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.