There’s not much detail in this brief piece from Saudi Gazette, but it appears that Saudi university professors will be receiving pay raises ranging from 20% to 70%. That will be thoroughly welcomed, but will add to the pressure of across-the-board raises in other sectors.

University teachers to get more salary

RIYADH – Saudi university teachers across the Kingdom are expected to receive a pay hike making them highest paid employees in the public sector.

The new scales include an increase of 20 to 30 percent in the salaries plus offering other perks and incentives, Al-Hayat said Saturday.

The revised salary scale extends the retirement age of university teachers to 70 years and offers them a chance to double their salaries through incentives guaranteed to them for their research units, patenting their invention and other academic activities.

Professors with rare specializations will be given additional allowance between 20 to 40 percent, besides incentives for those who work in remote areas.