Your home country vs the Gulf: salary after tax compared

The six Gulf states at a glance

Monthly take-home pay for a single expat on $5,000 a month gross.

Gulf state	Take-home (USD)	Deducted	VAT	Gratuity
Saudi Arabia	$5,000	0%	15%	Yes
UAE	$4,997	0.1%	5%	Yes
Qatar	$5,000	0%	None	Yes
Kuwait	$5,000	0%	None	Yes
Oman	$5,000	0%	5%	Yes
Bahrain	$4,950	1%	10%	Yes

Your home country against each Gulf state

Find the row for where you work now and the column for the offer. Each cell shows how much more (or less) you keep each month on $5,000 gross, and opens the full comparison.

Moving from	Saudi Arabia	UAE	Qatar	Kuwait	Oman	Bahrain
Germany	+$1,804	+$1,801	+$1,804	+$1,804	+$1,804	+$1,754
UK	+$1,013	+$1,010	+$1,013	+$1,013	+$1,013	+$963
USA	+$801	+$798	+$801	+$801	+$801	+$751
Canada	+$1,255	+$1,253	+$1,255	+$1,255	+$1,255	+$1,205
Turkey	+$1,904	+$1,901	+$1,904	+$1,904	+$1,904	+$1,854
Australia	+$1,034	+$1,031	+$1,034	+$1,034	+$1,034	+$984
Netherlands	+$1,179	+$1,176	+$1,179	+$1,179	+$1,179	+$1,129
Ireland	+$1,121	+$1,118	+$1,121	+$1,121	+$1,121	+$1,071
Philippines	+$1,288	+$1,285	+$1,288	+$1,288	+$1,288	+$1,238
India	+$1,297	+$1,294	+$1,297	+$1,297	+$1,297	+$1,247
Indonesia	+$1,253	+$1,251	+$1,253	+$1,253	+$1,253	+$1,203
Pakistan	+$1,441	+$1,439	+$1,441	+$1,441	+$1,441	+$1,391
Bangladesh	+$1,134	+$1,132	+$1,134	+$1,134	+$1,134	+$1,084
Sri Lanka	+$1,916	+$1,913	+$1,916	+$1,916	+$1,916	+$1,866
Malaysia	+$1,424	+$1,421	+$1,424	+$1,424	+$1,424	+$1,374
South Africa	+$1,448	+$1,445	+$1,448	+$1,448	+$1,448	+$1,398
Kenya	+$1,647	+$1,644	+$1,647	+$1,647	+$1,647	+$1,597
Nigeria	+$1,420	+$1,417	+$1,420	+$1,420	+$1,420	+$1,370
New Zealand	+$1,264	+$1,261	+$1,264	+$1,264	+$1,264	+$1,214

Difference in monthly take-home pay in US dollars: Gulf state (expat) minus home country (national), on $5,000 gross.

Other Arab countries against each Gulf state

Moving from	Saudi Arabia	UAE	Qatar	Kuwait	Oman	Bahrain
Egypt	+$1,346	+$1,344	+$1,346	+$1,346	+$1,346	+$1,296
Jordan	+$1,067	+$1,064	+$1,067	+$1,067	+$1,067	+$1,017
Lebanon	+$494	+$492	+$494	+$494	+$494	+$444
Syria	+$1,032	+$1,029	+$1,032	+$1,032	+$1,032	+$982
Palestine	+$300	+$297	+$300	+$300	+$300	+$250
Palestine (inside the Green Line)	+$1,135	+$1,132	+$1,135	+$1,135	+$1,135	+$1,085
Iraq	+$934	+$931	+$934	+$934	+$934	+$884
Sudan	+$1,266	+$1,263	+$1,266	+$1,266	+$1,266	+$1,216
Yemen	+$1,236	+$1,234	+$1,236	+$1,236	+$1,236	+$1,186
Morocco	+$1,594	+$1,591	+$1,594	+$1,594	+$1,594	+$1,544
Algeria	+$1,883	+$1,880	+$1,883	+$1,883	+$1,883	+$1,833
Tunisia	+$2,087	+$2,084	+$2,087	+$2,087	+$2,087	+$2,037
Libya	+$704	+$701	+$704	+$704	+$704	+$654
Mauritania	+$1,841	+$1,838	+$1,841	+$1,841	+$1,841	+$1,791
Somalia	+$774	+$771	+$774	+$774	+$774	+$724
Djibouti	+$1,325	+$1,322	+$1,325	+$1,325	+$1,325	+$1,275
Comoros	+$963	+$960	+$963	+$963	+$963	+$913

Difference in monthly take-home pay in US dollars on $5,000 gross: Gulf state (expat) minus home country.

Moving to Saudi Arabia

From outside the Arab world

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Against the other Gulf states

Moving to the UAE

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From another Arab country

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Moving to Qatar

From outside the Arab world

From another Arab country

Against the other Gulf states

Moving to Kuwait

From outside the Arab world

From another Arab country

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Moving to Oman

From outside the Arab world

From another Arab country

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Moving to Bahrain

From outside the Arab world

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Against the other Gulf states