Free tool. UAE gratuity calculator
Enter the basic monthly salary and the dates of service to estimate the end-of-service gratuity under the UAE Labour Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021) for mainland private-sector employees.
Basic only: no housing, transport or other allowances
Estimated gratuity
AED 33,370
- Service counted
- 5.67 years
- A day's basic pay
- AED 267
- First five years (21 days a year)
- AED 28,000
- After five years (30 days a year)
- AED 5,370
- Cap: two years of basic pay
- AED 192,000
The rule
- 01
Nothing is due for less than one year of continuous service
- 02
21 days of basic salary for each of the first five years
- 03
30 days of basic salary for each year after the fifth
- 04
Parts of a year count in proportion
- 05
The total cannot exceed two years of basic salary
- 06
Days of unpaid leave are not counted as service
How a day's pay is worked out
This calculator uses the basic monthly salary divided by 30 for a day's pay, the method most employers and calculators use. Housing, transport and other allowances are not part of basic salary.
Sources
An estimate from the published rules as of October 2026, not legal, tax or financial advice.
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