Saudi Arabia Annual Employee Compensation Up 9.8% in May

02:15 AM EDT, 07/20/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Saudi Arabia's employee compensation index climbed 9.8% on an annual basis in May, compared with a 10.1% rise in the previous month. The monthly growth for employee compensation stood at 0.1%, according to preliminary data from the kingdom's General Authority for Statistics released Monday.