Country guide · Oman

Getting a job in Oman, 2026

Oman has a statutory minimum wage and it applies to Omani nationals only, so as a foreign worker there is no legal floor under your pay at all. More than 200 job titles are closed to expatriates and the list is still being extended on a published timetable: computer programmer closed on 1 January 2026, website designer closes on 1 January 2027. Inside: labour clearance before the visa, the profession code that decides everything, the 24 month permit clock, Omanisation pricing, engineer and finance certification, gratuity, and what Omani officialdom actually says about a CV, which is nothing.

Country guidePublished 20 September 2026·Every figure checked 20 September 2026·18 min read
Omanis only
Who the RO 325 minimum wage covers. There is no wage floor for non-Omanis
MD 222/2013 and ILO, Dec 2023
245,000+
Private firms employing 1.1m expatriates and not one Omani, on the Ministry's count
Ministry of Labour, 5 May 2025
RO 0
What an employer may lawfully charge you to recruit you, under Article 31
Labour Law, Royal Decree 53/2023
24 months
Work permit validity, the clock your contract and residence actually run on
MoL Decision 602/2025, 22 Oct 2025
Section 01

No wage floor applies to you, and the closed list keeps growing

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Oman has a statutory minimum wage, and if you are not Omani it does not apply to you.

That single sentence explains more about the Omani labour market than any other. Ministerial Decision 222 of 2013 set a minimum monthly package of RO 325 for private sector employees, RO 225 of basic salary plus a RO 100 allowance, and it applies to Omani nationals only. The ILO's review of Oman's regulatory framework records the same position in plain words: the minimum wage is not applicable to migrant workers. Article 88 of the Labour Law still gives the Minister the power to set a minimum wage after consulting the Joint Dialogue Committee, so this could change, but as at today it has not. Ministerial Decision 222/2013 via Curtis Mallet, Oman Law Blog, September 2013, and ILO, Regulatory framework governing migrant workers in Oman, updated December 2023, both checked 20 Sep 2026

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Section 02

Labour clearance first, visa second, and a 24 month clock

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Licensed professions, pay, the CV, and what is coming

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