Dubai’s Expat Influx Dents Plush Pay Packages and Lifestyles

The Burj Khalifa on the skyline beyond Jumerah beach, in Dubai.Photographer: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images
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Trefor Murphy, the head of recruitment firm Cooper Fitch, recalls a time when a Dubai job posting might have received just about 100 applicants. These days, some draw as many as 2,000 as foreigners flood a city reputed for lucrative paydays and upscale lifestyles.

That expat influx is now making Dubai’s job market “a victim of its own success,” Murphy said.