Working as a teacher in Saudi Arabia
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Saudi Arabia: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Saudi Arabia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 2,962 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Teacher is a regulated profession in Saudi Arabia. Foreign qualifications go through: For covered educational occupations, register for ETEC's general and specialized professional-licence tests and obtain the licence after meeting issuance requirements; this does not itself confer an immigration work permit.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 2,962 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- For covered educational occupations, register for ETEC's general and specialized professional-licence tests and obtain the licence after meeting issuance requirements; this does not itself confer an immigration work permit.
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 teachers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in Saudi Arabia.
- Recognition route
- For covered educational occupations, register for ETEC's general and specialized professional-licence tests and obtain the licence after meeting issuance requirements; this does not itself confer an immigration work permit.
- Recognition authority
- Education and Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC) for the general and specialized teacher professional-licence assessments.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Teacher in Saudi Arabia: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 46cbb47ae1f2d3d89cfb8365955bc97e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/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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