Working as a physician in Saudi Arabia
What official sources say about working as a physician in Saudi Arabia: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Saudi Arabia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 2,962 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Physician is a regulated profession in Saudi Arabia. Foreign qualifications go through: Apply for SCFHS classification; qualifications, internship, home-country registration and authenticated experience are reviewed and assessment may be required. Professional Registration follows classification and requires lawful residence.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 2,962 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Apply for SCFHS classification; qualifications, internship, home-country registration and authenticated experience are reviewed and assessment may be required. Professional Registration follows classification and requires lawful residence.
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Saudi Arabia: ≈ 2,962 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 physicians alone.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Saudi Arabia.
- Recognition route
- Apply for SCFHS classification; qualifications, internship, home-country registration and authenticated experience are reviewed and assessment may be required. Professional Registration follows classification and requires lawful residence.
- Recognition authority
- SCFHS for medical-practitioner classification, evaluation and professional registration.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in Saudi Arabia: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 5ac06515ef707c2fa61a2a08964cc8a6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/saudi-arabia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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