After graduating from the Faculty of Administration and Economics, al-Dossary started his journalism career in the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) in 1998 until present.

Launched in 1992, the magazine focuses on social aspects of life in the Arab world, as well as on fashion, cars and other men related news.

In 2014, Salam Al-Dossary was appointed chief editor of The Majalla, a monthly political magazine published in London in both Arabic and English.

In October 2014, the Saudi Cabinet of Ministers approved the appointment of Salman al-Dossary among three other board members to represent the private sector in the charity.

Salman al-Dossary is also the founder and member of the managing board of a charitable Society for collecting and upgrading used PCs to be distributed to social and educational institutes.