a furnished house with 2 to 3 bedrooms for 2000. That is cheaper than the United States. I am engineer from the US and my salary is 68000, it seems qatar is very cheap. My uncle works with Exxon Mobil and got transfered from the US to Qatar and he has 15 years expirience, but his company pays for his villa, his car, and provide him with monthly allowance. so his overall monthly salary is around 285K USD. So for the US citizen, i would recommend you transfer through an american company to work in any of the gulf countries. I have another friend of mine who works for Saudi Electric company and he is make 150K with full accomodation.