A TYPICAL BENEFITS PACKAGE FOR NURSES IN KSA
- Contract is for 1 or 2 years (vary by hospitals) and usually renewable upon both parties agreement.
- Working week is 44 to 48 hours (most hospitals offers overtime at a time and half rate if worked extra hours)
- Most positions are offered on a “Single Status” Contract (unaccompanied)
- Free furnished housing, included utilities (but not telephone and internet)
- Free transportation from accommodation to a place of work and back as well as scheduled shopping trips.
- An airline ticket to join new position at the beginning of contract and a repatriation ticket to return home at the end
- One round trip airline ticket to return home for annual paid vacation (some hospitals offers ticket every six months)
- Free Medical coverage at the hospital’s facility
- Forty nine (49) to fifty three (53) calendar days annual paid vacation (vary by hospital)
- Most hospitals also offer seven (7) days emergency leave (for a family emergency matter)
- Uniforms provided.
- Sign- on bonus offered by some of the hospitals, in addition to a speciality bonus, where applicable
- End of Contract Bonus (50% of monthly salary for each year of service completed (vary by hospital)
- Contract Renewal Bonus (vary by hospital)
- Monthly salary vary by hospitals and position 3500 to 5000 US$ (Salary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is paid in local currency (Saudi Riyal) and is Tax Free (salary quoted in contract is what you take home)).
- To help you compare the annual financial benefits, kindly see an example below:
Income/Benefits | Home | Saudi Arabia |
---|---|---|
Salary | average 3,600 US$ | 48,000 US$ (average monthly salary of 4,000 US$ per month) |
End of Service | / | 2,000 US$ (for each year of service completed) |
Annual Airfare Travel | / | 2,000 US$ (not compensative) |
Expenses | Home | Saudi Arabia |
Housing and Utilities | (average 150 US$ x 12 months) 1,800 US$ | 0 US$ |
Transportation (average) | 220 US$ | 0 US$ |
Medical expenses | ? | 0 US$ |
Taxes | deducted already | 0 US$ |
Package Value | 1,580 US$ | 50,000 US$ |
Actual take Home Money | ? | 42,500 US$ |
** Kindly take note that salaries quoted here are merely guidelines. Salaries and expensive at home are variable. Cost of living and personal needs in KSA are approximately 15% of monthly intake.