Here's a look at average monthly salaries for Saudis in 2017

The average monthly salary for Saudi citizens amounted to SAR 7,372 in 2017, compared to SAR 2,731 for expatriates, data issued by the General Authority for Statistics showed.

The total number of Saudis employed in large as well as micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) stood at 1.72 million in the same period, compared to a total of 5.26 million expatriates.

As many as 534,500 Saudi nationals worked at large businesses with an average monthly income of SAR 9,897, compared to 27 percent of total foreign workers with an average monthly income of SAR 3,665.

Almost 35 percent of expats were employed in micro enterprises, earning an average monthly salary of SAR 1,985.

Employees in Saudi Arabia (2017)
Entity size	Number		Average Salary (SAR)
Entity size	Saudis	Expats	Saudis	Expats
Micro (1 : 5)	499,424	1,839,475	5,359	1,985
Small (6 : 49)	448,087	1,280,116	6,861	2,541
Medium (50 : 249)	244,944	728,167	7,623	2,823
Large (250+)	534,533	1,415,482	9,897	3,665
Total	1,726,987	5,263,239	7,372	2,731

Employees in Saudi Arabia by Activity
Activity	Saudis	Expats	Total
Agriculture and fishing	50,093	298,097	348,190
Industry	374,207	954,302	1,328,509
Construction	145,623	1,001,571	1,147,194
Trade, housing and food	495,927	1,933,420	2,429,347
Transportation and IT	165,731	223,576	389,307
Money, insurance and real estate	150,216	105,263	255,479
Professional, technical and scientific activities	33,814	86,860	120,674
Admin. & support services	85,361	215,165	300,526
Education	107,412	100,236	207,648
Human health& social work	62,031	145,683	207,714
Arts & entertainment	6,930	29,087	36,017
Other services	49,643	169,979	219,622
Total	1,726,987	5,263,239	6,990,226

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