Salary ranges for the nine roles we fill most often, plus the full list of what an employer pays on top of the salary. Numbers come from our own placements, not from job board listings.
Check the range for my roleThese are benchmarks from vacancies we closed in Dubai and Abu Dhabi: the figures employer and candidate actually agreed on. Not an unverifiable national average, but what people genuinely start work for.
A range inside a single role can easily differ twofold, and that is normal. In beauty and aesthetics the price is driven not by years of experience but by four specific things.
Take-home salary, excluding the employer cost of visa, insurance and leave. We break those down below.
| Role | Entry | Experienced | Senior | Time to hire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salon administrator | 3,500 | 4,500 | 6,000 | ~2 weeks |
| Nail technician | 3,000 | 4,500 | 6,500 | ~2 weeks |
| Massage and SPA therapist | 3,500 | 5,000 | 7,000 | ~2 weeks |
| Esthetician | 4,000 | 6,500 | 9,000 | ~2 weeks |
| Hair stylist | 4,000 | 6,500 | 9,000 | ~2 weeks |
| Personal assistant | 5,000 | 8,000 | 12,000 | ~2 weeks |
| Salon manager | 8,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 2-3 weeks |
| Clinic manager | 12,000 | 18,000 | 28,000 | 2-4 weeks |
| Aesthetic doctor, DHA | 15,000 | 22,000 | 35,000 | 2-4 weeks |
Benchmarks from our placements in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. We will give you the exact range for your format, area and workload during a free role review.
The most common budgeting mistake is counting the salary alone. In the UAE an employer carries mandatory costs, and they change the real price of a hire noticeably.
A failed hire rarely costs one salary. You have to count everything already spent by the time the person walks out.
Visa and insurance are processed and non-refundable. Two or three months of salary are paid. Your manager's time went into training. The chair or the room stood idle while the appointment book did not. And the search starts again from zero.
That is why we give a free replacement guarantee for two months. It does its work earlier than you will ever need it: when the agency is on the hook with its own time and money, the temptation to close a vacancy fast with roughly the right person disappears.
From our own placements in Dubai and Abu Dhabi: offers candidates accepted and figures employers quoted. We do not take numbers from job board listings, where ranges are usually understated.
Because a licence, experience gained inside the UAE, languages and an existing client base decide it. Two specialists with identical seniority can differ twofold in price.
Not necessarily. It is often offset by commission on treatments, a flexible schedule, accommodation or transport. What matters is that the difference is explainable and discussed before the start date, not discovered a month in.
Front-line beauty roles usually take around two weeks. Managers and licensed doctors take longer, two to four weeks, simply because there are fewer candidates.
We will tell you honestly whether that person exists at that budget, what you may need to add, and how long the search really takes. Free, no strings attached.
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