Tenure Pay Index · 2026
Verified Gulf compensation.
Every number with a paper trail.
Every level’s pay from floor to top, split by employer calibre. 976 verified sources across 12 professional sectors in UAE and Saudi, built from offer letters and salary surveys. Refreshed every month.
What you’ll see inside
One role.
One paper trail.
Every band on the Pay Index reads like this. Sourced, dated, and analysed inside the sector hub.
Open Legal & ComplianceSector hubs
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Legal & Compliance
Most-evidenced roleSenior Legal Counsel / Deputy GC24 verified sourcesTechnology
Most-evidenced roleJunior Engineer / Data Analyst38 verified sourcesRevenue & Go-to-Market
Most-evidenced roleSales Manager / Partnerships Manager31 verified sourcesMarketing & Communications
Most-evidenced roleMarketing Executive / PR Executive45 verified sourcesFinance & Accounting
Most-evidenced roleSenior Accountant / Assistant Manager25 verified sourcesBanking & Capital Markets
Most-evidenced roleVice President (VP)28 verified sourcesHuman Resources
Most-evidenced roleHR Manager / TA Manager27 verified sourcesReal Estate & Construction
Most-evidenced roleProject / Commercial / Procurement Director8 verified sourcesRisk & Cybersecurity
Most-evidenced roleRisk Manager10 verified sourcesStrategy & Consulting
Most-evidenced roleAnalyst / Business Analyst13 verified sourcesInvestment Management
Most-evidenced roleVP / Portfolio Manager16 verified sourcesEnergy
Most-evidenced roleSenior Engineer / Discipline Lead4 verified sources
Why the Pay Index
Built like a reference, not a survey.
Every band is anchored to a primary source we hold on file. No crowdsourcing, no self-reported numbers, no padding to fill thin sectors. What you see on the surface is the source count, full stop.
- STEP 01
Source
The Tenure Pay Index is built from primary sources, not crowdsourced information. Every row is anchored to a document we hold on file.
- STEP 02
Verify
A professional reviews every row before it lands. Titles are normalised to a canonical role per sector so percentiles aren't distorted by title inflation.
- STEP 03
Refresh
Refreshed monthly. Sources older than 12 months are excluded from active percentile calculations until re-verified.
Methodology
Every number has a paper trail.
We treat methodology as a living document. If something feels off, it’s probably worth fixing publicly.
Get in touchThe Tenure Pay Index is built from primary sources, rather than crowdsourced information, and every row is verified by a professional before it lands in the dataset.
Every role row shows the number of verified sources behind it. Internally, our data pipeline flags low-source entries for monthly re-verification. Any role with fewer than five fresh sources is queued for the next refresh cycle. What you see on the surface is the source count, full stop. No padding.
Job titles in the Gulf vary wildly; the same person might be a Vice President at one bank, a Director at another, and a Senior Manager at a third. We normalise titles to a canonical role within each sector so percentiles aren’t distorted by title inflation.
Why only UAE and Saudi? They’re the markets where we have enough verified sources per sector to ship credible percentile distributions. Narrowing the scope is how we guarantee accuracy. Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait will return when we have the source depth to do them justice.
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