The average Western CEO or MD of a multinational company in the gulf sultanate of Oman earned about 33 thousand U.S. dollars per month as of 2017. This was significantly more than its Asian or Arab peers in comparable positions.
Labor market of Oman
More than four million people live in the sultanate of Oman. The share of the population that is native is around 2.5 million. Beside Saudi Arabia, only Oman’s native population outnumbers foreign residents amongst all Gulf Cooperation Council states. About half of Oman’s population is below the age of 24 years old. At the same time youth unemployment is around 48.7 percent. According to a survey about half of adults in employment in Oman generally satisfied with their salary and allowances.
Expatriates perspective
About 1.8 million foreigners work in Oman. Expatriates ranked Oman as 39th out of 68 working abroad destinations. In the Gulf region only Bahrain and Qatar were ranked higher in the expatriate survey.
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Note: salary levels of domestic workers are difficult to obtain as traditional income information are sparsely published in the GCC, as they may be considered politically charged. Generally speaking, the states in the Gulf Cooperation Council have labor policies which make local workers significantly more expensive than expatriates. Additionally, those states have a "nationalization" scheme which encourages the employment of locals.
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Gulf Business. (April 16, 2017). Average monthly salary of expatriates in Oman in 2017, by sector (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/711885/oman-monthly-salary-of-expats-by-sector/
Gulf Business. "Average monthly salary of expatriates in Oman in 2017, by sector (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 16, 2017. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711885/oman-monthly-salary-of-expats-by-sector/
Gulf Business. (2017). Average monthly salary of expatriates in Oman in 2017, by sector (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711885/oman-monthly-salary-of-expats-by-sector/
Gulf Business. "Average Monthly Salary of Expatriates in Oman in 2017, by Sector (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711885/oman-monthly-salary-of-expats-by-sector/
Gulf Business, Average monthly salary of expatriates in Oman in 2017, by sector (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711885/oman-monthly-salary-of-expats-by-sector/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Average monthly salary of expatriates in Oman in 2017, by sector (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Gulf Business, April 16, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/711885/oman-monthly-salary-of-expats-by-sector/