Is there a salary requirement for the UAE golden visa for professionals?

Yes, there is a salary benchmark for the skilled-professionals golden visa route. The published criteria require a valid employment contract in the UAE, a bachelor's degree or equivalent, a job in an approved professional category, and a monthly salary of at least thirty thousand dirhams. On your real question of how a split package is assessed: the authorities work from your documented employment evidence, typically your registered work contract and a salary certificate from your employer, so what matters is the total monthly salary those documents show. An allowance-heavy structure is not automatically a problem if the overall documented salary meets the threshold, but make sure your salary certificate states the full package clearly rather than only the basic figure. As an engineer with six years in the UAE, gather your attested degree, your MOHRE or free zone contract, a recent salary certificate, and bank statements showing the salary actually landing, since consistency between documents is what reviewers look for. Applications go through the federal ICP or, in Dubai, the GDRFA channels, and eligibility pre-checks are available. A licensed UAE immigration lawyer can review how your salary structure will be read before you submit the application.