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80% Gap in Worker Costs
Saudi measures suspending travel, visas and entry from Kenya amid the risk of an Ebola outbreak have prompted uncertainty in the domestic-worker recruitment market. Meanwhile, some offices have begun offering sponsorship transfers for female workers from nationalities whose entry has been suspended, at prices of up to SAR 14,000—compared with a total recruitment cost of SAR 7,500 to 9,500, a difference of as much as 80%. Third-quarter 2026 data from Musaned put the average cost of recruiting from Kenya at SAR 5,602. However, the figures predate the new restrictions and do not reflect their impact. The Ministry of Human Resources denied changing the approved costs, saying contract cancellations were limited to a small number of cases in which recruitment had stalled. An expert warned that reduced supply could drive up prices for workers from alternative nationalities and for service transfers, and called for prices and fees to be monitored and recruitment sources diversified.
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