Highest paying jobs in Dubai and the UAE
Ranked by the salary the employer actually publishes — no estimates, no ranges we invented. Wondering what your role should pay? Check the UAE salary statistics or the full 2026 salary guides.
1. Staff Software Engineer, People Products
Anthropic
USD 1,238,630/mo
2. Data Scientist, Core Experimentation
OpenAI
USD 1,192,750/mo
3. Technical Cyber Threat Investigator
Anthropic
USD 1,064,300/mo
4. Security Engineer
Stripe
USD 985,028/mo
5. Senior Manager, Talent Management
Affirm
USD 899,150/mo
6. Key Account Manager
Affirm
USD 789,050/mo
7. Compensation Lead
Affirm
USD 631,240/mo
8. Senior Sales Manager (Marine)
Michael Page — United Arab Emirates
AED 550,000/mo
9. Sales Manager - PropTech (AI Startup)
Michael Page — Dubai
AED 480,000/mo
10. Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Anthropic
USD 260,708/mo
11. Research Engineer, Knowledge Team
Anthropic
USD 259,958/mo
12. Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training
Anthropic
USD 259,958/mo
13. Research Engineer, Universes
Anthropic
USD 259,958/mo
14. Consultant Chef for Fresh Produce processing company
Apt Resources | Recruitment Specialists — Dubai
AED 240,000/mo
15. Vice President, Finance Strategy & Operations
GitLab
USD 180,000/mo
16. Strategic Project Manager (Finance) - Remote
Hire Feed — United Arab Emirates
AED 168,375/mo
17. Strategic Project Manager (Finance) - Remote
Hire Feed — United Arab Emirates
AED 168,292/mo
18. Strategic Project Manager (Legal) - Remote
Hire Feed — United Arab Emirates
AED 168,208/mo
19. Strategic Project Manager (Legal) - Remote
Hire Feed — United Arab Emirates
AED 168,208/mo
20. Strategic Project Manager (Finance) - Remote
Hire Feed — United Arab Emirates
AED 168,208/mo
21. Senior Manager/ Manager, Business Development (Institutional/ VIP Sales) - APAC & EMEA
Crypto.com — Dubai
AED 150,000/mo
22. Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
Anthropic
USD 150,000/mo
23. Staff+ Software Engineer, Identity & Access Controls
Anthropic
USD 148,347/mo
24. Staff+ Application Security Engineer
Anthropic
USD 148,328/mo
25. Key Accounts Account Executive II
Affirm
USD 137,625/mo
26. Senior Account Executive - US Public Sector (SLED, Civilian and Federal)
Cohere — Remote
CAD 131,500/mo
27. Account Executive - Majors
Zscaler
USD 126,917/mo
28. Head of Strategic Finance
Cohere
CAD 125,393/mo
29. Head of Investor Relations
Cohere
CAD 125,392/mo
30. Operations Sourcing Manager, Data Center
Anthropic
USD 123,863/mo