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
$38000.00
CoL Index
62.00
Population
1512000
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 | $125908.00 | $119612.00 | $91569.00 | $217477.00 |
| Engineering Manager | $100154.00 | $95146.00 | $77262.00 | $143077.00 |
| AI/ML Researcher | $91569.00 | $86990.00 | $62954.00 | $143077.00 |
| Cloud Architect | $88708.00 | $84272.00 | $65815.00 | $128769.00 |
| Tech Lead | $88708.00 | $84272.00 | $65815.00 | $125908.00 |
| ML Engineer | $80123.00 | $76116.00 | $57231.00 | $120185.00 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $77262.00 | $73398.00 | $54369.00 | $114462.00 |
| Security Engineer | $74400.00 | $70680.00 | $52652.00 | $111600.00 |
| Blockchain Developer | $74400.00 | $70680.00 | $51508.00 | $114462.00 |
| Product Manager | $74400.00 | $70680.00 | $51508.00 | $114462.00 |
| Data Scientist | $71538.00 | $67961.00 | $48646.00 | $108738.00 |
| DevOps Engineer | $71538.00 | $67961.00 | $50363.00 | $108738.00 |
| Data Engineer | $68677.00 | $65243.00 | $46929.00 | $105877.00 |
| Software Engineer | $68677.00 | $65243.00 | $48646.00 | $105877.00 |
| Backend Developer | $65815.00 | $62524.00 | $45785.00 | $100154.00 |
| Full Stack Developer | $64098.00 | $60893.00 | $44640.00 | $97292.00 |
| Mobile Developer | $62954.00 | $59806.00 | $42923.00 | $96148.00 |
| Frontend Developer | $60092.00 | $57087.00 | $41206.00 | $91569.00 |
| UI/UX Designer | $57231.00 | $54369.00 | $38917.00 | $85846.00 |
| QA Engineer | $48646.00 | $46213.00 | $33194.00 | $71538.00 |