Abu Dhabi
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United Arab Emirates · Capital
Abu Dhabi is the UAE's capital and wealthiest emirate, driven by the oil and gas sector. Government and energy roles offer competitive tax-free salaries.
Median Salary
$38.000,00
CoL Index
62,00
Population
1.512.000
Timezone
Asia/Dubai
Cost of Living Breakdown
All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.
Overall
62,00
Rent
55,00
Groceries
52,00
Restaurants
48,00
Transport
38,00
Salaries by Role
Estimated City salaries are derived from country-level data adjusted for local cost of living.
| Role | Median (USD) | Net (USD) | Entry | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTO | $125.908,00 | $119.612,00 | $91.569,00 | $217.477,00 |
| Engineering Manager | $100.154,00 | $95.146,00 | $77.262,00 | $143.077,00 |
| AI/ML Researcher | $91.569,00 | $86.990,00 | $62.954,00 | $143.077,00 |
| Cloud Architect | $88.708,00 | $84.272,00 | $65.815,00 | $128.769,00 |
| Tech Lead | $88.708,00 | $84.272,00 | $65.815,00 | $125.908,00 |
| ML Engineer | $80.123,00 | $76.116,00 | $57.231,00 | $120.185,00 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $77.262,00 | $73.398,00 | $54.369,00 | $114.462,00 |
| Security Engineer | $74.400,00 | $70.680,00 | $52.652,00 | $111.600,00 |
| Blockchain Developer | $74.400,00 | $70.680,00 | $51.508,00 | $114.462,00 |
| Product Manager | $74.400,00 | $70.680,00 | $51.508,00 | $114.462,00 |
| Data Scientist | $71.538,00 | $67.961,00 | $48.646,00 | $108.738,00 |
| DevOps Engineer | $71.538,00 | $67.961,00 | $50.363,00 | $108.738,00 |
| Data Engineer | $68.677,00 | $65.243,00 | $46.929,00 | $105.877,00 |
| Software Engineer | $68.677,00 | $65.243,00 | $48.646,00 | $105.877,00 |
| Backend Developer | $65.815,00 | $62.524,00 | $45.785,00 | $100.154,00 |
| Full Stack Developer | $64.098,00 | $60.893,00 | $44.640,00 | $97.292,00 |
| Mobile Developer | $62.954,00 | $59.806,00 | $42.923,00 | $96.148,00 |
| Frontend Developer | $60.092,00 | $57.087,00 | $41.206,00 | $91.569,00 |
| UI/UX Designer | $57.231,00 | $54.369,00 | $38.917,00 | $85.846,00 |
| QA Engineer | $48.646,00 | $46.213,00 | $33.194,00 | $71.538,00 |