UAE Salaries in 2019 to be Raise

Salaries to be increase in 2019

A survey by HR and Management consultancy companies gives hope to UAE expatriates that salaries are expected to go up in 2019 with 65% of positive sign by companies.



If it is true than this is good news for the companies, expat workers and economy where consumption will eventually increase impacting businesses in a positive way and hence, also create more jobs in the economy to fill capacity and capability gaps, it will also help employees (workers) in controlling their expenses.

Salary Increase Report by 600 Companies:
Korn Ferry a Dubai based organizational consultancy firm covered around 600 companies in a survey with almost 429,560 workers across major industries which shows that the increase in salaries are expected to be implement by 65% of organizations.

The regional director of Korn Ferry in Middle East & Africa, Harish Bhatia said:
“65% of the organizations are forecasting an increase in salaries this year. The actual increases may be dependent on how the global, regional and local economies perform in February. As of now, the salary increases forecast ranges between 2.5% and 4.5%.”

The managing director and HR Advisor of Korn Ferry, Jaya Bhatia said:
 “the salary rise could go up to 12% is some sectors.

Jaya Bhatia said, “Salaries are expected to rise by 4-12% in sectors like transportation, food and events.



Last year, most of the hiring was for the posts of chief executive officer, chief financial officer, tax accountants, finance, business development, sales and IT professionals.

In 2019, the predominant demand of hiring will be for positions in sales, marketing, social media, accounts and information technology.”


She more added “sectors like hospitality, travel, tourism, food and beverages, FMCG and retail will also see several recruitments due to an increase in the number of tourist/visitor arrivals.

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Mr Harish Bhatia said, “Companies in United Arab Emirates have been growing very rapidly over the last two decades, naturally most industries had to bring in more resources for this growth phase in 2019.

Now with overall market conditions stabilizing, we see an increased emphasis on efficiency of costs, including labours. Hence, we’ve seen a relative slowdown in overall increase of new jobs in the economy.”

He more added that “UAE is a very diverse economy with a constantly growing affluent population. “some good decisions by the government in 2018 on visa regulations will also drive longer-term commitment and planning by the expatriate employee force.



He more added that economic forecasts as per global standard sources also highlight that inflation in the UAE job market will be controlled in the range of 3-4%, which may result in a growth of spending power for the UAE workforce.

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