Bahrain Mirror: The "Gulf Business" magazine said that the annual salary survey it has recently conducted on Gulf States showed that the average salary in Bahrain for 2017 was 25% lower than the previous year.

The average monthly salary in Bahrain, according to the survey, reached $7,867 (2.935 BD).

Bahrain surpassed Kuwait in this index and Oman with a slight difference. However, it came after Emirates and Saudi Arabia that came in the first rank.

Bahrain was found to be the best paying country among the 5 Gulf States covered by the survey (excluding Qatar) for the head teacher/principal position at $11,130. The magazine considered that Bahrain's advance on some other Gulf States with this wide variance may have been a reflection of the different benefits paid outside of salary in each country.

The island kingdom was also the second best paying country for the hotel general manager position at $14,240, following Kuwait's $15,290.

More broadly though, Bahrain appears to be going through a somewhat slump, with labour ministry statistics showing the country's workforce decreased for the first time in five years in 2017.

This reflects a slump in recent years linked to lower oil prices, with the country deemed among the most vulnerable in the Middle East to crude market movements due to the size of its fiscal deficit.

According to the information collected by "Gulf Business" through employing companies regarding the top 20 jobs in Bahrain in terms of salary, it is as the following: CEO/MD - Multinational: $33,040 (12.489 BD). Meanwhile the salary of CEO/MD - Local company reaches $23,625 (8.930 BD). The salary of Hotel general manager is $14,240 (5.382 BD)  and that of Head teacher/principal is $11,130 (4.207 BD). Meanwhile real estate managers receive $8,250 (3.118 BD) and lawyers get paid $8,133 (3.074 BD).

The Construction project manager's salary came after that of lawyer with $7,809 (2.951 BD) a month, followed by human resources managers $7,438 (2.811 BD) and then recruitment managers $7,099 (2.683 BD) and IT managers $6,520 (2.464 BD). PR account managers in Bahrain receive $6,094 (2.303 BD) and sales/marketing managers receive $5,216 (1.971 BD), while facilities management managers' salaries amount to $5,206 (1.967 BD).

Healthcare general practitioners' salaries amount to $4,790 (1.810 BD). Meanwhile, editors take $4,589 (1.734 BD) followed by office managers whose salaries are $4,491 (1.697 BD). The salary of Digital marketing specialists is $4,175 (1.578 BD) and that of bank branch managers is $3,963 (1.498 BD) and that of sales executive is $3,774 (1.426 BD). The logistics executives take $3,450 (1.304 BD) while senior accountants take $3,282 (1.240 BD). HR executives' salary reach $2,933 (1.108 BD) and that of receptionists is $1,699 (642 BD).

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