{
  "id": 16628623,
  "title": "Saudi Arabia raises minimum wage thresholds to SR5,000 in 2027 and SR6,000 in 2028",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/saudi-arabia-raises-minimum-wage-thresholds-to-sr5-000-in-2027-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T15:15:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-arabia-raises-minimum-wage-thresholds-to-sr5000-in-2027-and-sr6000-in-2028-1.500724456"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will raise the monthly salary threshold for Saudi private-sector employees to count fully towards companies' Saudisation targets to SR5,000 in April 2027 and SR6,000 a year later, under changes to the Kingdom's Nitaqat programme, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development announced that the new requirements would be introduced in…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}