Riyadh | BETH
18 Shawwal 1447H | 06 April 2026

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced an update to the decision on the localization of supporting administrative professions in the private sector, by adding 69 new professions within the scope of localization at 100%, in a step aimed at expanding the participation of national talents and enhancing employment opportunities across various regions of the Kingdom.

Overview

The update includes a number of job titles in the fields of:

Secretarial work
Writing
Translation
Data entry
Administrative support

The decision applies to establishments employing one worker or more in the included professions, in accordance with the definitions and job titles approved in the Saudi Standard Classification of Occupations.

The Ministry also published the updated procedural guide on its website, clarifying the details of the new professions and implementation mechanisms, and emphasizing the need for establishments to comply in order to avoid the prescribed legal penalties.

BETH Analysis

The decision goes beyond being an administrative update…
to being a reset of the labor market in supporting functions.

Raising localization to 100% in this scope reflects a clear direction toward:

Replacing roles with national competencies
Reducing reliance on non-specialized labor
Improving the quality of administrative outputs within establishments

Linking the decision to support programs—especially through the Human Resources Development Fund “Hadaf”—indicates that localization here does not rely on enforcement alone, but on an integrated enablement system.

The decision does not only add jobs…
it redefines who occupies them.

In a market moving toward efficiency,
supporting roles become…
a starting point, not an administrative margin.