Saudi Arabia's Annual Employee Compensation Up 7.4% in July

02:53 AM EDT, 09/20/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Saudi Arabia's employee compensation index climbed 7.4% on an annual basis in July, compared with a 9.1% rise in the previous month. The monthly growth for employee compensation stood at 0.3%, following a 1.6% increase in June, according to preliminary data from the kingdom's General Authority for Statistics released Sunday.