Professionals in Qatar make more money than their counterparts in any other country in the Middle East, knocking the UAE off the top spot it has commanded for the past year.

More than a third of Qatar’s white-collar workers, or 39 per cent, earn between US$3,001 (Dh11,000) and $8,000 each month, higher than the UAE, where 37 per cent earn between those levels, according to research by the employment website Bayt.com, in conjunction with the polling company YouGov Siraj.

Qatar also has the highest number of professionals earning top-tier salaries. Twelve per cent of respondents in the country said they earned more than $8,000 a month, compared with 10 per cent in the Emirates. [Read More]