Social Media Manager salary in Dubai

The median reported base salary for a social media manager in the UAE is AED 4,050 a month, with the top quarter of respondents at AED 7,980 or above — from 51 salary profiles.

How it compares in Marketing & Communications

Among the 3 marketing & communications roles with enough reported data to publish, social media manager ranks #3 by median pay. The gap between the median and the 75th percentile is 97%, which is roughly what experience, employer size and negotiation are worth in this role.

Against every role in this guide, whose medians centre on AED 7,830 a month, social media manager pays 48% below the typical figure. On annual terms that is AED 48,600 at the median and AED 95,760 at the 75th percentile, before allowances.

On the data itself: 51 people reported pay for this role, which is one of the smaller samples in this guide, so treat the figure as a rough marker rather than a benchmark.

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