Cost of Living in Dubai

I got an offer from a steel manufacturing organisation at Jebel Ali Free Zone with shared bachelor accommodation.........with monthly salary 3700 AED.......without food......is it possible to go there.
Please suggest.

Expenses for a couple living in the new Dubai in a 1bhk and enjoying their lives are approx 12k a month, so considering that you need to save I wouldn’t advise to move for less than 20k

Thank you for information i an 62tr very energetic abd active interested in a job as agricultural advisor or Hortuculrural officer minimum salary 15000 dinars per month plus accommodation,company transport abd other facilities I am an advisor to agricultural university research people also pl inform if u can do something

@Prriyam don’t!!!!!
What’s the point of leaving your country and move faraway from your family and friends to leave in 5 in a room, commute 4 hours a day and eat trash? This is valid not only for Dubai but for any city for instance...
If not that you’re running away from war ... but if you’re from the subcontinent don’t move for less than 20-25k

Can someone provide response to my queries posted on March 20?

is 3k - 4k enough for a single person staying in dubai....where accommodation, comp. will take over it, only fooding are required?

AED = Arab Emirates Dirhams, the UAE Currency

1 USD = 3.67 AED

@Robert, @Annonymous_J, @Ryan you have offer from same place

I am offered a job in Dubai with salary range from AED 44k - 48k that includes basic, housing, transportation and annual return airfare for three (me, my spouse and a kid). Is this enough for a family of 3 to live with good standards and be able to save money?

That’s a very good contract for a senior lead engineer, not easy to get similar wages if you’re not a manager.

It depends with which city you want to compare, mind that the salaries in Dubai are all net (no income tax) and that cost of life could be compared with London or Singapore

Is 10,000 AED monthly net salary is suitable for living in Dubai for a single person willing to live in a studio alone? The office is in Jumeirah tower.. The cost for accomodation will be provided by the company for AED 3K only.

I have offered 75K AED i am not sure if it will keep my life standards in Dubai. I am single but like to have night life and drinking. Role is marketing manager.

Is a salary of 6500 AED per month (accommodation covered) enough in Dubai, for a single person?

Really in a search of company to work for that will pay 25k AED/Month and do take care of VISA and apartments

Hello, I am considering an offer for 8000 AED per month. Is this enough for a single person with no kids?, looks like the companny is not giving any extra thing such as rent, living place or meals. The only thing included is the health insurance. I would like to go and save some money in order to, after, travel around europe or middle east.

As well, I am a dancer in my country (the job I mentioned before is not in that field), is it possible for me to work like during nights or so on? in that case how much extra do you think that is possible to get?

All the posts here are scaring. Can someone tell me if a Pharmacist with a wife and 2 children survive in Dubai on a salary of 10kAED. Is it possible to pay for rent, feeding and transportation from 10kAED? Are their other allowances that are attached to the salary? Can someone talk to me. Perhaps there is something i am not getting right here. Monthly salary of 10KAED!!, while rent is above 6KAED for 3 BR, feeding more than 8KAED for 4 persons etc. Then why do people leave their countries and work in Dubai?

I work as an experienced software engineer with mostly south Asian colleagues, none of us earn less than 25-30k a month in our company. Tech leads go close to 40k, managers ofc more.
Many British managers in Dubai earn 80k+

Despite there’s a neighborhood named Downtown, Dubai doesn’t have a concept of city center, is organized in different neighborhoods one far from the others, where the hoods in the south are the most expensive and those in the north are the cheapest. Areas in the south like Barsha Heights now have 1bhk for even less than 5k AED a month as the market value dropped in the last years.
The wine price is indeed wrong, considering a Prosecco DOC as a mid-range wine in Ajman you cannot find for less than 45 AED a bottle, and Dubai has x2 the prices of Ajman for alcoholics.
Jeita is a mid-range restaurant ( no street food or cafeteria) and you can have 3 courses for approx 100 AED; same with several desi/arab restaurants in Deira

@Saif, what are benefits other then salary? is there any schooling ?
In Dubai School will cost you between 35000 to 50000 AED ( Average School) per year per child.
Apartment rent are down you can check from many web sites online.
If company is offering schooling, family medical, family VISA, bonus plan , family air ticket then its a good salary for family with 2 kids. I dont understand what do mean by upper middle class.

I got offer 11k aed. Transport and accommodation will be taken care of by the company will I be able to save or not?

I am getting an offer of 12000AED. I have a family with one kid. Will i be able to save something if ii take up this position.

Air tickets,Health Insurance and Child education will be provided by company.

Suggestions pls

Groceries in ok supermarkets like Carrefour could cost you 1000 AED a month. Dubai is a society that push you to eat out quite a lot, an inexpensive meal can cost you more than 25 AED.

For rents in the various areas you can check Dubizzle or Property Finder, they’re quite accurate despite often those properties are “fake” and are needed just to get in touch with the agency. Discovery Gardens is ofc cheaper than the DIC area but is badly connected with the public transportation, you need the car or you’ll have to wait for a bus.

In a month for entertainment that meets the arab standards (cinema, restaurants, shisha lounges, no pubs) you can get by with 1000 AED depends where you eat; cinema is fairly cheap and there are always offers buy-one-get-one.

Dunno about kids expenses, but good education is very expensive.
Also mind that you’ve no government pension fund, you’ve to save money anyway.

With 25k you can get by for the years to come until your kid will be in school; also if your wife is not specialized don’t expect she could find a job that pay more than 4K AED

My breakdown:

- nice 1bhk in good area in Barsha Heights, unfurnished, cooler free: 5300 AED a month.
Mind that rents here are paid by year. Now rents are low. With a kid when it grows you could need a 2bhk.
- bills(water, electricity): 500 AED
- home internet: 320 AED
- mobile postpaid plan: 160 AED
- public transportation: 110 AED each for 1 zone

Mind if your kid will reach school age it could be not worth anymore been in Dubai

With 1500 aed you’re a slave, with 15000 you can have a low-tier life with ok-ish savings.

Mid class in Dubai starts from 20-25k

Hi #JOHN,

How about the other things like Utilities (Electricity, Gas, Heating, Cooling, Water...), Mobile Tariff, Internet, etc? You can go through the above list on this page and see what all is required for a living.

Not sure you may go for some casual outing or sightseeing, dinner, etc. Remains with hardly any saving for yourself.
1500 aed per month seems to be very low.
You can gauge what your current situation is - are you in a position to get another job if you don't take this one, is your current job (if any) unbearable and hence want to quit, are you in another place and have aims to work in Dubai, and many more things that you want to consider.

Even as a junior specialist don’t accept nothing below 20-25k, it wouldn’t make sense

Is AED17000 enough to live at Dubai with private studio (No sharing) and save AED6000 at least

To survive with a 30% of saves, yes... but what’s the point of changing country/city for such standards? If not that you’re escaping war...

#Reply to Anonymous on Sep 10, 2018 :
DEWA Rent: will vary from 700 at peak summer to 350-400 at winter. including water & electricity

Is 35k AED per month salary good enough to lead an average life WID saving potential in dubai

what people never talk about Dubai is its demographic evolution post-2008, as the previous crisis rang a bell and it made the city shift to different options in terms of expat hiring, so a picture of the city 15 yars ago would be very different from a current one; especially, the salary dump is huge along the years but prices didn't drop everywhere.
Nowadays 96% of the expats are from developing/3rd-world countries; americans are almost not coming anymore, also because their govt try to tax them even when they live abroad; after the Brexit referendum there has been a huge influx of Eastern Europeans at any level, even in menial jobs, and is not rare to see slavic women working as clerks for shops or bars; at the very top of the employees chain in roles like CEO CTO are coming a lot of South Africans that accept salaries for which a brit with the same role wouldn't wake up in the morning; not a news, countries like India are more and more producing and exporting educated engineers, and since visa restrictions got stricter in the West (except Canada) their most realistic target is Dubai.

Monthly groceries in Dubai for family of 4 = AED 3,000 to AED 3,500 from modern supermarkets.
Water and electricity bill for a villa (house - not apartment) will be about AED 1,500 minimum in summer, going to 2,000 and AED 800 in winter for expats.
School fees for year 6 at an international school (I.B.) with English speaking medium of instruction, or a UK curriculum school and with teachers from England, Ireland, South Africa and Australia is about AED 50,000 per child per year.
To fill an average SUV with petrol is about AED 150 per tank. Car wash is AED 35 to 40.
Housemaid salaries vary, but experienced, literate maids who speak English well, such as someone from Philippines, will ask for about AED 2,000 monthly minimum, going up to about 2,500 (if you give them a visa, but if they are on their own visa, then you will be asked for more).

Hello guys,

This is a great website with information from many.
I am from India and still in the interviewing stages with a company for a job in Dubai.
I want to be prepared with the information on all the expenses in Dubai so as to discuss the salary if things progress well.

Could you please let me know the approximate monthly AED information on the below items.

Work location: Dubai Internet City
No. Of persons: 1 (Self)
Looking for a single private accommodation. A small room would also be fine.
Rent at Internet City:
Rent other than Internet City but not too far:
Food (ready tiffin services), not a heavy eater:
Utilities (Water, gas, electricity):
Internet:
Mobile:
Transport (bus, metro):

Thanks.

I got a position at Emirates ( Ek09) with an offer of 19500 Aed per month, monthly accommodation of 16500, tramsport of 1500, plus the usual private insurance, etc.
Is that an resonable ( above thd average salary) for Dubai?
How much does cost a one bed furniture flat of 800 sf in a good environment?

Hi
I am in India and I am quite interested to move to Dubai.
Can anyone help me how can I start or anybody knows any genuine consultant.

Please help me...

Thanks in Advance.

Hey guys, My husband and I are moving to dubai next month (we’re Egyptians) he is an industrial engineer. I’m a pharmacist and I work as a medical representative. We both work in multinational companies. What are our chances in Dubai and what salaries do we expect? I would appreciate your fast response.
Thanks in advance.

Rents are going down heavily in the south of the city, in Barsha Heights u can now rent a 1bhk for 60k aed a year or less. In the north like Deira is way cheaper.
With less than 10 years of rent you can buy an house.
After Expo 2020 probably prices will go down even more

I was sleeping in a Hostel, that was a nightmerry! Low budget, 15 dollars a night, in a room of eight people, most Indian workers in Dubai, but what a noise of that people, snorking, talking, no, don't do it, but the hotels are to expencive for me!

“Being a Muslim country, UAE doesn't have the concept of local alcohol” Turkey is a Muslim country too but it produces alcoholics (Efes), just UAE doesn’t have a lot of manufacturing in general.

Alcoholics are heavily taxed in Dubai but not so much in other Emirates like Ajman. There are online shops based in Ajman like Centaurus where you can by for good price and deliver to Dubai

I was approached for a position that pays 40000 aed. they also said I get an additional allowances of 15000. so total monthly is 55000 aed. we are a family of 4. is this a good offer to save money. I'm from Amerixa

other benefits include:

Tuition for 2 kids
airline tickets
health insurance

I think 20k is the bare minimum to live an ok life in Dubai renting your own studio/1bhk in the southern part of the city, using the public transportation and saving at least 1k USD 25k would give you a very good standard btw

What's a nice salary to live on per month?

I just got an offer to bring my family as well for 900,000 AED. I do have a good job at home making 70K USD a year, but I am wondering should I take the job and will I save money. I heard Dubai is very expensive and I wasn't sure if that was a good deal. The offer is good for two weeks. It will be a 2 year contract.

For #Andy - I recently moved and earnign 30k dirham. You'll be fine, you'll be able to save plenty of money and live well on a comfortable lifestyle.

Why is this salary discrimination with regards to nationality in whole UAE??

Asian/Indian/Pakistan - Paid less compare to the West??

Hey there! Planning to shift to Dubai, would like to know 1 room with kitchen apartment rent per month for center of city, terms of standard running terms of Landlords for advance & agreements. if that is too high, what is cheapest way in initial 6 months, like sharing apartments with families, PGs & food services. I am marketing professional with 5 years experience in Machinery field, what should i expect as start offer in Dubai as how many AED per month?
Please revert.
Regards.

Hi, I've been offered a job for a Software Engineer, in Dubai (near Dubai Outsource Zone, as per the location shared). The company is offering AED 11K - 12K per month, and no accomodation, food and travel. All will be on me. Please suggest whether this is a sufficient with a little amount of savings involved, or not. Nationality wise, I'm an Indian.

Thanks in advance!!

-Rajiv

What’s about the concept of city centre in Dubai for cost of apartments?
There’s no city center in Arabic cities as it is intended in Europe, even Downtown is just a neighborhood.

I could interpretate it as city centre the most expensive part of the city so the south, but right now many 1 bedroom are even below 60k aed a year

If offered AED15k without any accommodation and transportation allowance, how much net income normally will be save after minus out rental of bedspace, transportation, meals and other miscellaneous e.g. mobile phone line..

@anon, thanks very much for your kind advice. Really appreciate it.