HRSD Ministry to enforce new engineering job salary scale from Dec. 31

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The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) announced that the Council of Ministers' approval of the new engineering salary scale will be effective as of Dec. 31, 2024.

In a statement released today, Dec. 17, the ministry clarified that the decision targets government employees holding engineering positions under the unified Saudi classification of professions who are on the general employees' salary scale and hold a bachelor's degree in one of the engineering specializations from Saudi or accredited universities.

The ministry explained that the new engineering job classification and salary scale include a number of developmental aspects for the engineering sector by transitioning engineers' career paths from the general employees' salary scale to the professional track on the new scale.

This transition will be based on the specified engineering professional categories (engineer, associate engineer, professional engineer and consulting engineer), in accordance with the engineering profession practice system and professional accreditation by the Saudi Council of Engineers and the unified Saudi classification of professions.

The new salary scale will create an attractive and motivating work environment for engineering competencies in the government sector and raising the level of professional practice among engineers, the HRSD Ministry added.