I have heard from someone that "they know of someone" who is roughly my age (22) and is working in "engineering" in Saudi Arabia. They didn't have any idea of what sort of "engineering" it was, but they were supposedly earning £80,000 a year tax-free. If this is true, I would be interested. Can the average person really earn that much out there? I suspect that this is just bad secondhand info.
Thanks for any replies.
I worked in one of the more liberal middle east countries for over a year, we had pork, boose, and other things you don't get in saudi. I am american and the tax benefits are dependent on many different things. One only about 80,000.00 is tax free IF you spend 335 days in any 365 day rolling period there + other complicated crap. Taxes for a few years after wils SUCK, my tax returns were 100 pages plus.
I you are an engineer, Mechanical/chemical, you should not be going to saudi for money, lots of people will pay you double what you have put up there to work for them at a us based job. The energy sector will pay if you hone your skills in the right direction.
If you go, you should be over there because you want to go to saudi or see the world, not for 80,000.00
PS. My passport was used (out of my possession) for visa processing, took a few weeks, if they retain your passport for a long duration go to your consulate, that is not acceptable.
Are you british? if so it is much better for you, i believe all of your wages up to any amount is tax free. I worked with a few british expats, they were much more common, i have a feeling due to a discrepancy as to what you can pay americans vs. europeans.