How it works

Where the figures come from

Every figure in the search comes from people who chose to share their own pay through the form on this site. There are no invented, sample or estimated entries. The site started with no data at all, so groups will fill in slowly.

Entries are self-reported and not verified against payslips. Treat the figures as a guide.

How figures are shown

• Results are grouped by role, country and currency.
• A group shows figures only when at least 3 submissions match. Below that, it shows the role and country with no figures.
• We show the median, which is the middle value, not the average, so one very high or low entry has less effect.
• Medians are rounded to the nearest 500.
• Total monthly pay is basic salary plus monthly allowances plus one twelfth of the annual bonus.
• Single entries are never listed, and the site does not show who submitted or when.

Third-party reference figures

The search page also lists a few headline figures from other public salary sites, such as Payscale. These are clearly labelled, linked to their source and kept separate from our own data. We cite only the headline average, the number of profiles and the source's update date. They are not part of our medians.

Privacy

• The form does not ask for your name, email address or employer.
• Please do not type anything into the free-text boxes that could identify you or your employer.
• Entries are checked by hand. Anything that looks identifying is removed or generalised before it is added.
• The newsletter is separate. Signing up for it is not linked to any salary entry.

Checking entries

Each week, new entries are reviewed. Entries that are clearly junk, duplicated or outside sensible ranges for the role are left out. If you think a figure is wrong, the newsletter reply address is the best way to say so.

Sponsorship

There is one sponsor slot on the search page and one in the monthly email, aimed at Gulf procurement recruiters and executive search firms. Sponsored content is always labelled "Sponsored". Sponsors do not see raw entries and have no say over the figures.

Who runs this

Gulf Procurement Pay is an independent personal project by Simon Innes. It is not connected with any employer, client or recruitment firm, and uses only information people choose to share here plus public pages that are linked.