Salaries for professionals in Qatar are the highest in the Middle East, according to research by the employment website Bayt.com. More than a third of Qatar's white-collar workers, or 39%, earn between $3,001 and $8,000 each month, higher than the UAE, where 37% earn between those levels, the survey found. Qatar also has the highest number of professionals earning top-level salaries, as 12% of respondents in the country said they earned more than $8,000 a month, compared with 10% in the UAE.