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Working as an electrician in Saudi Arabia

What official sources say about working as an electrician in Saudi Arabia: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.

In Saudi Arabia, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes electricians, earns ≈ 714 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Electrician is a regulated profession in Saudi Arabia. Foreign qualifications go through: For occupations included in HRSD Professional Verification, expatriates complete credential/skill verification and any required theoretical/practical assessment in the programme scope. This is not stated as a universal electrician licensing path.

Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers"
≈ 714 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
Regulation
Regulated
Recognition route
For occupations included in HRSD Professional Verification, expatriates complete credential/skill verification and any required theoretical/practical assessment in the programme scope. This is not stated as a universal electrician licensing path.

Pay

Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers" in Saudi Arabia: ≈ 714 EUR/month (gross, 2022), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of electricians alone.

Regulation and recognition

Electrician is a regulated profession in Saudi Arabia.

Recognition route
For occupations included in HRSD Professional Verification, expatriates complete credential/skill verification and any required theoretical/practical assessment in the programme scope. This is not stated as a universal electrician licensing path.
Recognition authority
HRSD Skills Verification/Professional Verification for expatriate occupations covered by its programme; this is not a universal profession board.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Electrician in Saudi Arabia: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f60421ec83e6f760b4da3e9b580881b2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/saudi-arabia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Sources

  1. HRSDExpatriate qualification and skill verification programme · Checked 2026-10-15
  2. ILOILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) · Checked 2026-07-30