{
 "name": "UAE income and wealth percentile thresholds",
 "source": "https://wealthdashboarduae.com",
 "compiled": "2026-08-04",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "attribution": "The UAE Wealth Dashboard, https://wealthdashboarduae.com",
 "caveat": "Modelled estimates, not official statistics. UAE income figures disagree across sources because they describe different populations; each view below states which.",
 "currency": "AED",
 "usd_per_aed": 0.272294,
 "aed_per_usd": 3.6725,
 "views": {
  "full": {
   "label": "All UAE workers",
   "definition": "Everyone employed in the UAE, including labour-camp, collective-household and domestic workers",
   "mean_monthly_aed": 9490,
   "percentiles_monthly_aed": {
    "1": 820,
    "5": 1163,
    "10": 1415,
    "15": 1626,
    "20": 1828,
    "25": 2035,
    "30": 2260,
    "35": 2515,
    "40": 2817,
    "45": 3190,
    "50": 3662,
    "55": 4270,
    "60": 5053,
    "65": 6053,
    "70": 7341,
    "75": 9068,
    "80": 11558,
    "85": 15410,
    "90": 21674,
    "95": 34244,
    "99": 87333
   }
  },
  "household": {
   "label": "Household-survey frame",
   "definition": "Workers living in conventional households, comparable to the official Labour Force Survey frame",
   "mean_monthly_aed": 15234,
   "percentiles_monthly_aed": {
    "1": 1326,
    "5": 2036,
    "10": 2648,
    "15": 3238,
    "20": 3870,
    "25": 4570,
    "30": 5338,
    "35": 6160,
    "40": 7026,
    "45": 7942,
    "50": 8926,
    "55": 10010,
    "60": 11237,
    "65": 12673,
    "70": 14418,
    "75": 16635,
    "80": 19603,
    "85": 23872,
    "90": 30814,
    "95": 46189,
    "99": 115188
   }
  },
  "pro": {
   "label": "White-collar professionals",
   "definition": "Professional and management roles, the group most recruiter salary guides describe",
   "mean_monthly_aed": 29679,
   "percentiles_monthly_aed": {
    "1": 4610,
    "5": 7008,
    "10": 8779,
    "15": 10234,
    "20": 11572,
    "25": 12869,
    "30": 14169,
    "35": 15504,
    "40": 16902,
    "45": 18392,
    "50": 20010,
    "55": 21800,
    "60": 23823,
    "65": 26167,
    "70": 28973,
    "75": 32476,
    "80": 37124,
    "85": 43899,
    "90": 55520,
    "95": 83129,
    "99": 183120
   }
  },
  "hh": {
   "label": "Household income",
   "definition": "Combined gross income of all earners in a conventional UAE household",
   "mean_monthly_aed": 33997,
   "percentiles_monthly_aed": {
    "1": 4044,
    "5": 5993,
    "10": 7495,
    "15": 8793,
    "20": 10050,
    "25": 11336,
    "30": 12698,
    "35": 14175,
    "40": 15807,
    "45": 17638,
    "50": 19720,
    "55": 22119,
    "60": 24930,
    "65": 28299,
    "70": 32465,
    "75": 37850,
    "80": 45260,
    "85": 56344,
    "90": 74837,
    "95": 112093,
    "99": 218292
   }
  }
 },
 "net_worth_per_adult": {
  "currency": "AED",
  "percentiles_aed": {
   "1": 4459,
   "5": 15826,
   "10": 31100,
   "15": 49063,
   "20": 70491,
   "25": 96200,
   "30": 127883,
   "35": 167216,
   "40": 215020,
   "45": 271821,
   "50": 337549,
   "55": 412777,
   "60": 500599,
   "65": 605401,
   "70": 734608,
   "75": 901669,
   "80": 1133545,
   "85": 1493391,
   "90": 2173142,
   "95": 3956897,
   "99": 14419108
  },
  "median_aed": 337549,
  "gini": 0.82
 },
 "emirates": [
  {
   "name": "Dubai",
   "population_m": 4.58,
   "gdp_per_capita_usd": 44600,
   "avg_salary_annual_aed": 257700,
   "wealth_per_adult_usd": 243000,
   "rent_1bed_annual_aed": [
    68000,
    82000
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Abu Dhabi",
   "population_m": 4.14,
   "gdp_per_capita_usd": 65700,
   "avg_salary_annual_aed": 253400,
   "wealth_per_adult_usd": 123000,
   "rent_1bed_annual_aed": [
    40000,
    60000
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Sharjah",
   "population_m": 1.8,
   "gdp_per_capita_usd": 32100,
   "avg_salary_annual_aed": 245300,
   "wealth_per_adult_usd": 83000,
   "rent_1bed_annual_aed": [
    37000,
    43000
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Ajman",
   "population_m": 0.59,
   "gdp_per_capita_usd": 22600,
   "avg_salary_annual_aed": 232900,
   "wealth_per_adult_usd": 61000,
   "rent_1bed_annual_aed": [
    27000,
    30000
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Ras Al Khaimah",
   "population_m": 0.47,
   "gdp_per_capita_usd": 30700,
   "avg_salary_annual_aed": null,
   "wealth_per_adult_usd": 69000,
   "rent_1bed_annual_aed": [
    26000,
    60000
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Fujairah",
   "population_m": 0.36,
   "gdp_per_capita_usd": 23500,
   "avg_salary_annual_aed": null,
   "wealth_per_adult_usd": 58000,
   "rent_1bed_annual_aed": null
  },
  {
   "name": "Umm Al Quwain",
   "population_m": 0.1,
   "gdp_per_capita_usd": 7700,
   "avg_salary_annual_aed": null,
   "wealth_per_adult_usd": 50000,
   "rent_1bed_annual_aed": null
  }
 ]
}