Most expat workers in Bahrain’s private sector are on low pay, with about 336,746 earning under BD200 a month and an average wage of around BD267, new figures from the Social Insurance Organisation show. The data put the total number of expat employees and workers in the private sector at about 473,323. Men made up 423,413 of them, or 89.3 per cent, while 49,910 were women, or 11.7 per cent. Data Alongside those under BD200, the figures show about 64,036 expat workers on monthly wages between BD200 and BD399, equal to 14 per cent of the expat workforce counted in the data. The same release also tracked Bahraini pay and headcount across the public and private sectors. It put the average monthly wage for Bahraini employees at about BD919, with an average age of 36. Bahraini employment across both sectors stood at about 157,213, with the larger share in the private sector at 105,503, or 67 per cent. The public sector accounted for 51,710, or 33 per cent. Average Bahraini pay differed by sector, at about BD973 a month in the public sector and around BD892 in the private sector. Figures The figures also show the number of Bahraini employees […]