UAE Gratuity Calculator
Estimate your end-of-service gratuity from your basic salary and length of service. Review the calculation and its limits.
Your gratuity estimate
Enter your basic salary and qualifying service to see the estimate and how it is calculated.
UAE rules, sources and limits
This estimate uses Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 on the Regulation of Employment Relations. The stored rule was checked on 2026-08-26.
For qualifying foreign workers covered by the UAE private-sector statutory gratuity rules. Different employment regimes or an alternative savings scheme may apply. Confirm your coverage before relying on the estimate.
- Gratuity becomes payable after one full qualifying year of continuous service.
- The first five years accrue at 21 days of basic salary per year. Later years accrue at 30 days per year.
- The overall cap is two years of total remuneration.
- Dismissal for cause does not by itself remove the entitlement under the rule used here.
This is guidance, not legal advice or a full final settlement. It does not account for unpaid leave adjustments, disputed service periods or more generous contractual terms.
Calculate a UAE gratuity estimate
Enter your monthly basic salary, excluding allowances.
Enter continuous service in years. You can use a decimal for part of a year.
Add monthly total pay if known, then review the estimate, accrual bands and cap assumptions.
A practical example
For a basic salary of AED 10,000 and 3 years of qualifying service, the model uses 10,000 ÷ 30 × 21 × 3, giving AED 21,000 before any applicable cap. This is a worked example, not your entitlement.
How to read the result
The calculator applies the stored UAE statutory rule to your inputs. It is not a full final-settlement calculation. Check the official sources and applicability notes below, especially if a different employment or savings scheme covers you.
Questions before you start
Does gratuity use basic salary or total salary?
The accrual uses basic salary, excluding allowances. Optional total pay is used for the statutory cap; without it the calculator applies a conservative cap and explains that assumption.
What happens before one year of service?
Under the rule used here, service below one qualifying year does not produce a payable gratuity amount. The result states the qualifying condition instead of showing a misleading estimate.
Do part years count?
After the qualifying period, the calculator prorates fractional years. Enter 3.5 for three and a half years of qualifying continuous service.
Is this the same as my final settlement?
No. Notice pay, unused leave, disputed service periods and other contractual amounts are outside this estimate. Confirm which rules apply to your employment using the official sources.
