Rewards and benefits

We value our employees’ contributions and believe in offering packages that are commensurate with experience, job description, responsibility level, and individual qualifications. Salary packages can include expatriate premiums, supplemental benefits plans, and additional monthly payments to help defray cost-of-living expenses in Saudi Arabia.

SAIP is a broad-based annual and performance-based incentive plan based on company and individual performance, base salary, and length of service during the plan year. The objective of this plan is to drive organizational performance, as well as, recognize and reward your contributions beyond the normal annual merit increases.

An annual cash payment that more than covers airfare costs to your home country. You have full flexibility to use this payment in any way you choose.

We pay all new hires a settling-in allowance within the first or second paycheck.

Base salaries are reviewed every year. Subject to individual performance ratings, employees can usually expect to receive an increase in their base salary.

In accordance with the Saudi labor law, a severance award is payable by the company to employees who leave after two years or more of satisfactory service. The severance award is based on length of continuous service and final base pay. The severance award can be a substantial benefit for longer service employees.

You can look forward to up to 38 calendar days of annual paid leave. In addition, you’ll typically be granted between 9 and 11 days of national public holidays each year.

We provide medical care via our Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare subsidiary medical network or contracted hospitals and clinics. These facilities are among the finest in the Middle East.

We have four communities in the Eastern Province where we provide quality accommodation in pleasant surroundings. Alternatively, employees may obtain housing in the local communities outside of the Saudi Aramco communities, for which we provide a rental assistance allowance.

If you are hired on family status, you may be eligible to benefit from the company’s excellent education assistance plan for dependent children. This may include the option for them to attend Saudi Aramco’s high-quality private schools, international schools in the local community, or international boarding schools anywhere in the world.

We recognize and value professional growth and achievement, so you’ll have many opportunities to develop your career and expertise.

You will have free access to our extensive range of recreational facilities that include: private beaches, tennis courts, exercise gyms, swimming pools, golf courses, tennis and squash courts, and much more.

Air-conditioned buses are provided free of charge for transportation within camp areas, to work locations, local shopping areas outside camp, the beach and our other communities.

Saudi Aramco pays an ex-gratia death benefit equal to 24 months base pay if death is from an industrial accident and 12 months base pay if death is non-industrial related.

In the event you are unable to work due to illness or injury, short-term disability income benefits are provided. The benefit is 30 days full pay and 60 days at three-quarters pay, in any one-year period.

You may enroll in a voluntary program providing term life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage equal to 12, 18, 24 or 30 times your monthly base salary. Favorable group rates keep the premium low.