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UAE gratuity calculator
See how much end-of-service pay you’re owed when your job ends. Add your dates and basic salary, and we’ll work it out using the UAE Labour Law, step by step.
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What is gratuity?
A one-off payment your employer owes you when your job ends, if you worked there for at least a year without a break.
It’s based on your last basic salary only, not housing, transport or other allowances.
You earn 21 days’ basic pay for each of your first 5 years, and 30 days’ basic pay for each year after that. Part of a year counts in proportion. The total is capped at 2 years’ pay.
Your details
For private-sector employees in the UAE: full-time, paid a monthly salary in AED.
DD / MM / YYYY. If you left this employer and came back, use the day you came back.
DD / MM / YYYY. Include any notice period you work. A date still to come is fine.
Basic salary only, as in your contract. Leave out housing, transport and other allowances.
Full check
Checks that the law covers you, and adds unpaid leave and how your job ended.
Your result
Example
6 years on a basic salary of AED 10,000 is
AED 45,000.00
5 years × 21 days + 1 year × 30 days = 135 days of basic pay. Add your own details to see your figure.
- First 5 years: 21 days a year
- 105 days
- After 5 years: 30 days a year
- 30 days
- Cap: 24 months’ pay
- 720 days
Questions people ask
Do I get gratuity if I resign?
Yes. In most cases you get the same amount as if your employer had ended the contract: the law has no article that cuts gratuity for resigning (our reading of Articles 45 and 51). One case isn’t settled: if you were on an open-ended contract with this employer before 2 February 2022 and resign with under 5 years’ service, Article 68(3) may let your employer use the old rules, which pay less. The full check stops at that case instead of guessing.
Is it based on basic or total salary?
Basic salary only: the last basic salary in your contract, without housing, transport or any other allowance (Article 51(5) and the definition of basic wage in Article 1).
What if I worked less than a year?
Then no gratuity is due: the law needs at least a year of work without a break (Article 51(2)), and Article 67 sets a year at 365 days. When checking the year, we count both your first and last day and leave out unpaid days. That is our reading of the law.
When must my employer pay it?
Within 14 days of the contract ending, together with your final salary and anything else you’re owed (Article 53). Your employer may deduct amounts the law or a court allows, such as a loan repayment (Article 51(7)).
Does unpaid leave count?
No. Unpaid days of absence are left out of your length of service (Article 51(4)), so they can delay your first year and lower the amount. It isn’t fully settled which kinds of unpaid absence are left out, for example unpaid sick leave. You can enter unpaid days in the full check.
How we work it out
What the law sets
- You need at least a year of work without a break. Art. 51(2)
- 21 days’ basic pay for each of the first 5 years, then 30 days’ for each further year. Part of a year counts in proportion. Art. 51(2)–(3)
- Basic salary only: housing, transport and every other allowance are left out. Art. 51(5)
- Unpaid days of absence don’t count as service. Art. 51(4)
- The total can’t exceed 2 years’ pay. Art. 51(6)
Where the law can be read more than one way
The law doesn’t settle these points, so this is how we read them.
- Both the first and the last day of employment count as days of service, so 1 January to 31 December is a full year. Art. 1
- Service is counted in days, with a year as 365 days. A span that includes 29 February can complete a year one day before its anniversary; counting whole years by anniversary gives a different answer in those cases. Art. 67
- A day’s pay is the monthly basic salary ÷ 30, as Article 67 sets a month at 30 days. Dividing a year’s basic salary by 365 instead gives about 1.4% less. Art. 67
- The 2-year cap is taken as 24 months’ basic salary. Art. 51(6)
- Resignation, expiry, mutual agreement and the employer ending the contract give the same amount. Only Article 68(3), for older open-ended contracts, can bring back a resignation reduction, and the calculator does not estimate that case. Art. 68(3)
- Figures are kept exact and rounded once, to the nearest fils. The law sets no rounding rule.
Not covered by this calculator
- UAE nationals and nationals of other GCC countries
- Government, armed forces, police and security staff
- Government-owned companies whose contracts are not under the UAE Labour Law
- Domestic workers
- Employees in DIFC or ADGM
- Part-time, job-share and flexible contracts, and temporary contracts of a year or more
- Pay that is not a monthly salary in AED
- Employees enrolled in MOHRE’s Savings Scheme
- Service that ended before 2 February 2022
Based on Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 and Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022, as published by MOHRE and u.ae, checked on 1 November 2026. The government’s own guidance is on u.ae (opens in a new tab).
Zempo Workplace Savings
Your gratuity next to your workplace savings
When an employer runs its workplace savings scheme through Zempo, members see their end-of-service estimate in the app, alongside their scheme records.