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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.

Sources
976
Sectors
12
Markets
UAE · Saudi
Refreshed
June 2026

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.

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Legal & ComplianceSenior Legal Counsel / Deputy GCBased on 24 verified sources · Last updated June 2026

Lower · Median · Upper

LowerAED 49,000
MedianAED 63,616
UpperAED 85,500
AED 49,000AED 85,500
bonus, housing, gratuity not included
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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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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The 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.

976
verified sources
12
sectors
Monthly
refresh cycle
Zero
crowdsourced rows

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See what your role actually pays in the Gulf.

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