Working as a plumber in Saudi Arabia
What official sources say about working as a plumber 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 plumbers, earns ≈ 714 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Plumber 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 plumber 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 plumber 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 plumbers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Plumber 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 plumber licensing path.
- Recognition authority
- HRSD Skills Verification/Professional Verification for expatriate occupations covered by its programme; this is not a universal plumber board.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Plumber in Saudi Arabia: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f043c44c291cee204f9ced3fd8d14e4f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/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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