Nobody publishes what SDRs, AEs and RevOps earn in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Help us open the first numbers.

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What we publish, and what we never do

We publish figures with their source, sample and date: outside figures as their publishers give them, and community figures only above the floors below. Where we do not have enough, the page says “Not enough data yet” and shows how many people we have.

• We never model or estimate a number we don’t have, and never fill a thin cell with a regression.
• We never publish a minimum, a maximum or a single person’s value.
• We never name an employer or show any figure for one company.
• We never put figures from different reports, years or samples on one axis.
• We never chart an outside source whose licence does not allow it; those stay in text until the publisher agrees.

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Three data layers, and how each contribution is checked

• Outside sources, cited: the register below. Shown as “Sourced”, with “global” or “reported by” where that applies.
• Individual contributions from SDRs, AEs and RevOps people, screened. Shown as “From our community” with the number of people and companies.
• Company comp plans from sales leaders, one row per company, published as their own series and never pooled with individual rows.

Every published cell will show how many of its rows are verified from its first number. A “validated” label waits until we know how many people choose to verify.

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Floors: how big a group must be before we show it

Every published cell reports the median of all people and the median of company medians (one company, one vote). If the two differ by more than 15%, the method line says so. Each cell also lists how many rows were excluded, and why.

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Windows, currencies and money

• Window. A cell uses 12 months of contributions. Recency is shown, not filtered: every cell prints its median as-of month and the share of rows from the last 6 months.
• Pay. Monthly figures are annualised (× 12). Guaranteed cash is basic salary plus fixed allowances; OTE is guaranteed cash plus variable pay at 100% of target.
• Currency. Cells publish in the pay currency (EGP, SAR, AED or USD). The small multiples and the pooled region convert to US dollars at one stated rate per edition: the official pegs for SAR and AED, and the Central Bank of Egypt’s official rate on the edition’s cut-off date for EGP, each named with its date.
• The pound. If the official EGP rate moved more than 10% inside a cell’s window, the cell says so and shows its US dollar value at the start and end rates.
• Nominal money. Every money figure is nominal, labelled with its year, and not adjusted for inflation.
• Gross and net. Egyptian base pay is collected gross. An optional net figure is used only on the contributor’s own screen and never published.
• Percentiles. Linear interpolation (Hyndman-Fan type 7). Public labels read “Middle half of people: X to Y · typical: Z”.

05

Fixed cuts and the level ladder

No free filters and no per-company figures: combining filters lets anyone subtract their way to one person’s pay. We publish these cuts only.

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Consents and storage, in brief

Contributions are not open yet. Nothing on the report collects pay, quota or skills answers until they open. When they open, answers are sealed (encrypted) the moment they arrive, kept out of our CRM and never used for sales follow-up. Signals sign-ups are separate: we keep your name, email, the editions you pick and, if you give them, your role and market, plus the page you signed up on, in our contact list.

See our Privacy Policy.

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Skills and course recommendations

• Skills are rated on a 5-level scale anchored to SFIA: Aware, Foundation, Practitioner, Advanced, Expert. Each level is written as behaviour.
• Target levels per role are RIVET’s proposal, not market data. The evidence behind them is thin and we say so; they change as the evidence grows.
• Gaps carry equal weight until our own count of regional job posts reaches its floor.
• A course is shown only when it fits the role, the level, the entry requirements and is available now. Every recommendation says it is RIVET’s own course. When no RIVET course teaches a skill, the check says so and offers a free first step.

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Source register

Every outside source we considered, including the ones we rejected. A figure on a report page carries its source ID; if the ID is not here, the figure does not ship.

09

What waits for data

Opening every cell of the role-by-market grid as an early signal needs at least 90 usable contributions if they spread evenly, and 270 to make every cell a benchmark. The pooled region opens first.

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Changes and corrections

Spotted a mistake or a source we missed? Tell us; we check it for the next edition.