DUBAI — With a 27 percent year-on-year rise in salary, PR directors in Qatar currently take home around $10K a month.



1. Human Resources – Qatar’s HR managers have seen their monthly wages leap by 29 percent in the last year, from $9,806 in 2011 to around $12,680.

2. Sales/ Marketing – On average, an expatriate sales/marketing head at a multinational or local company takes home around $12,451 per month, up from last year’s monthly compensation of $11,419.

3. Construction – The wages of a construction project manager or a chief engineer in Qatar are lower than his counterparts in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and amount to roughly $11,985 per month. The salary marks a six percent increase from 2011.



4. Banking – There has been a 7.6 percent rise in the average salary earned by a branch manager, a treasury manager and a retail/personal banking manager in Qatar. The monthly compensation has gone up from $10,766 in 2011 to around $11584.8 this year.



5. Information Technology – An IT head in Qatar earns almost the same as his counterpart in Saudi Arabia, making approximately $11,413 per month. The amount marks a 9.8 percent increase over last year.



"From an HR perspective, Qatar is where the UAE was pre-2008: prepared to pay top dollar for professionals," said Christo Daniels, managing director of recruiter Morgan McKinley.



6. Real Estate – Similar to other sectors in Qatar, a real estate manager’s monthly compensation has also gone up, from $8354 last year to around $10,504, an increase of over 25 per cent.



7. Public Relations – With a 27 per cent year-on-year rise in salary, PR directors in Qatar currently take home around $10428 per month.

8. Advertising – An expatriate advertising creative director in Qatar saw the biggest hike in monthly compensation, with salary increasing 31.6 percent from $7572 in 2011 to approximately $9,968 this year.



9. Hospitality – A hotel manager in the country takes home approximately $9282 per month, up from $8,936 per month last year.



10. Publishing – Despite witnessing a yearly hike of more than 28 percent in their average monthly wages, publishing editors in Qatar are still placed at the bottom of the list with a salary of around $8,049. — Agencies