Domestic worker salary index — the UAE
Look up the monthly salary for a maid / housekeeper by nationality, city and experience — based on real, approved caregivers on Rufy plus the regulatory minimum.
Regulatory minimum
No published regulatory floor
Select a specific nationality to see whether a regulator publishes a salary floor.
Rufy marketplace median
3,500 AED
per month
Based on 1000 approved caregivers
Healthy range (25th–75th)
3,000–3,500
AED · per month
Half of comparable caregivers fall inside this range. Outside it usually means very limited experience or specialised skills.
maid / housekeeper salary in the UAE
maid / housekeepers across the UAE typically earn 3,500 AED/month on Rufy. Most active caregivers fall between 3,000 and 3,500 AED — driven by experience level, language skills, and the household's specific care needs. Salaries above 3,500 are common when families need an experienced, English-speaking worker for infant care or live-out arrangements.
See the actual maid / housekeepers offering this salary range — verified profiles, no agency fee.
Browse matching caregiversHow we calculate the median
The Rufy marketplace median is the 50th percentile of monthly desired salaries reported by approved, public Rufy caregivers matching the segment you selected (service, nationality, city, experience). We require at least 10 caregivers in the segment to publish the median — if the segment is thinner, we fall back to a broader segment (drop experience → drop city → drop nationality) and label the result accordingly.
The regulatory minimum is the lowest monthly salary a written contract must respect. For Filipino HSWs we cite Musaned's salary-tracking validation rule (SAR 1,500) and the DMW MC-03-2025 standard contract (USD 400 anchor in KSA/UAE, USD 500 in Qatar). For Qatar non-Filipino contracts we cite Law 17/2020 (QAR 1,800 all-in statutory minimum). KSA and UAE publish no per-nationality floor for other nationalities — we say so explicitly rather than invent figures from agency blogs.