Salary benchmark · Dubai

Frontend Engineer Salary in Dubai

Mid-level (3-5y) frontend engineer pay in Dubai sits around $74,400/yr. Floor and stretch bands below, plus how the role compares across other markets and roles.

Floor

$63,240

$5,270/mo · 15th percentile

Median

$74,400

$6,200/mo · Typical mid-level offer

Stretch

$93,000

$7,750/mo · Top-quartile, hot market

By experience level in Dubai

Same role, four experience levels, annual total comp.

ExperienceFloorMedianStretchMult.
Junior (0-2y)$41,112$48,360$60,4560.65×
Mid (3-5y)$63,240$74,400$93,0001.00×
Senior (5-8y)$85,380$100,440$125,5561.35×
Lead (8y+)$110,676$130,200$162,7561.75×

Floor = median × 0.85 · Stretch = median × 1.25. Mult applied to the Dubai mid-level base.

How Dubai compares

Same frontend engineer role, other top markets, mid-level annual median.

San Francisco$192,000+158%New York$162,000+118%Austin$129,600+74%Remote$117,600+58%Singapore$105,600+42%

Other roles in Dubai

Top 5 highest-paid roles in Dubai, mid-level annual median.

Engineering Manager$114,000Product Manager$90,000Backend Engineer$81,600Account Executive$78,000Full-stack Engineer$78,000

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