Salaries in Qatar (2019)

Salaries in Qatar (2019)

Salaries in Qatar fall in the range QR1200 per month to QR87,000 per month. The median salary is about QR13,000 a month, which implies that more than half of the population in Qatar are earning less than QR13,000, while the others earn more than QR13,000.

A person working in Qatar typically earns about QR16,794 per month, including housing, transportation and other benefits.  Salaries differ considerably for different types of jobs. 

The average monthly salaries of expats in Qatar for the most common sectors have been mentioned here. The Western CEOs working in multinational firms, earned about USD41,000 per month in Qatar. If you are interested to know about salary of a particular job, check for salaries with specific job titles.

Monthly Average Salaries Based on Occupation (Managerial positions)

Occupation	Salary range  (per month)
Finance and Accounting Manager	QR30,105 – 41,732
Banking, Branch Manager	QR29,468 – QR47,867
HR Manager	QR34,752 – QR45,868
Lawyer Marketer / Manager	QR34,245 – QR44,172
Real Estate, Manager	QR40,589 – QR46,608
Information Technology, Manager	QR43,436 – QR57,287
Construction, Project Manager	QR38,670 – QR56,839
Banking, Treasury Manager	QR44,044 – QR62,130
Banking, Branch Manager	QR29,468 – QR47,867
Media – PR Manager	QR27,164 – QR36,547
CEO/MD, multinational	QR1,21,322 – QR1,56,635
CEO/MD local company	QR76,397 – QR98,357
Healthcare – General practitioner	QR33,972 – QR42,966
Events Manager	QR18,377 – QR29,130

Average Monthly Salaries in Qatar Based on Job Category (2019)

Job Category	Average Monthly Salary
Accounting and Finance	QR 12,325
Administration / Reception / Secretarial	QR 7,427
Advertising / Grapic Design / Event Management	QR 18,550
Airlines / Aviation / Aerospace / Defense	QR 14,988
Architecture	QR 17,112
Automotive	QR 11,116
Banking	QR 21,714
Construction / Building / Installation	QR 17,199
Customer Service and Call Center	QR 11,405
Electrical and Electronics Trades	QR 11,611
Engineering	QR 18,812
Environmental	QR 21,746
Executive and Management	QR31,494
Facilities / Maintenance / Repair	QR 11,518
Factory and Manufacturing	QR 26,473
Food, Hospitality, Tourism and Catering	QR 7,323
Health and Medical	QR 17,602
Human Resources	QR 17,256
Information Technology	QR 17,821
Insurance	QR 16,278
Marketing	QR 17,693
Oil / Gas / Energy / Mining	QR 22,043
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology	QR 15,775
Purchasing and Inventory	QR 13,087
Quality Control and Compliance	QR 14,764
Sales Retail and Wholesale	QR 12,122
Teaching / Education	QR 13,954
Telecommunication	QR 18,304

Salary forecast for 2020

Here's the list of average salaries in Qatar over the past four years:

Year                       Average Salaries
2016                       QR15,826
2017                       QR16,269 (growth of 3%)
2018                       QR, 16,594 (growth of 2%)
2019                       QR, 16.794 (growth of 1%)

As can be seen salaries are on the rise this year too, according to latest salary reports submitted. The salaries in 2019 are 1% more than those in 2018. This indicates that there will be slow, but, constant increase in payscales during the year 2020 too, and in the years to come. However, the numbers may vary from one year to another.