UAE Gratuity Calculator Tutorial (2025) – Step-by-Step Video Walkthrough
This quick UAE gratuity calculator tutorial video explains how to enter your basic salary, select the correct labour law regime, add your service dates, and get an accurate end-of-service calculation. Watch the step-by-step guide below to understand how your gratuity is computed under the 2025 UAE Labour Law.
UAE Gratuity Calculator Tutorial (Video)
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Use our Gratuity Calculator UAE gratuity calculator to get a clear, fast estimate of your end-of-service pay.
Why our calculator stands out?
Most online gratuity tools only cover the basic formula. Ours is designed for real situations for a result you can trust:
Wage Frequency
Enter salary as monthly, weekly, or daily, and the calculator converts it correctly.
Transparent math
The formula and your exact inputs are shown clearly, so you can double-check everything.
Unpaid Leave
Excluded from service days without manual math.
Legacy Contracts
Checks if you started before Feb 2, 2022 and applies the correct resignation/ termination rules.
Part-time Handling
Just add your % of full-time hours, and the payout is adjusted automatically.
How to use the calculator (quick)
- Choose your regime – Mainland or Free Zone. For ADGM, pick Free Zone and tick “ADGM (no cap)”. DIFC uses DEWS (see our guide).
- Enter basic salary (AED) – basic only; no allowances.
- Add service dates – dd/mm/yyyy. The tool prorates partial years and removes unpaid-leave days if you add them.
- Tap Calculate – view Total Gratuity, Service (Y/M/D), Daily Wage, Unpaid, Cap, Contract, Reason, plus Year-by-Year and Step-by-Step Calculation.
Advanced (if needed)
- Part-Time % scales your result.
- Unpaid leave (days) removes those days from service.
- Wage frequency converts monthly/weekly/daily to a daily rate.
- Legacy rules for older Unlimited contracts (resignation tiers): <3y → 1/3, 3–<5y → 2/3, ≥5y → full. Unlimited + termination → full. Limited → standard rule.
What changes your result
- Using total pay instead of basic (don’t).
- Typo in dates (format dd/mm/yyyy).
- Unpaid leave not entered in Advanced.
- Not applying the right legacy setting for older Unlimited contracts.
- Leaving Part-Time % at 100 when you were not full-time.
Quick example
- Basic salary: AED 7,000
- Service: 2 years 8 months
- Unpaid leave: 0
- Regime: Mainland
Tap Calculate to see the total end-of-service benefits amount.
How the calculation works
- First 5 years → 21 days of basic pay per year.
- Cap: not more than two years of basic salary.
- After 5 years → 30 days per year.
- Part-time: scaled by your percent of full-time hours.
- The tool shows the math so you can check.
Worked example with Advanced options
Let’s see a quick run-through you can copy.
- Basic salary: AED 7,000
- Service: 2 years 8 months
- Unpaid leave: 14 days
- Part-time: 80%
- Regime: Mainland
- Contract: Unlimited (legacy does not apply if you started after Feb 2022)
Steps
- Enter 7,000 as basic salary.
- Add your start and end dates.
- Open Advanced. Enter 14 in unpaid leave. Set Part-Time % = 80.
- Choose Monthly (or your true wage frequency).
- Tap Calculate.
What you’ll see
- Service (Y/M/D) shows the exact time in service minus the 14 unpaid days.
- Daily wage comes from your wage frequency.
- Total gratuity reflects the service length and the 80% part-time scale.
- A year-by-year table shows how each period adds up.
- The Step-by-Step Calculation explains the math. You can cross-check it in seconds.
FAQs
Next steps
- If you watched the above UAE Gratuity Calculator tutorial, open the Gratuity Calculator UAE now and check your figure.
- Working in a UAE free zone? Check our dedicated Free Zone Gratuity Guide (JAFZA, DMCC, ADGM).
Need guidance on special cases? Read our UAE Gratuity Special Cases Guide for details on unique situations and calculations. - For household staff, see our Domestic Worker Gratuity Guide (Federal Decree-Law No. 9 of 2022).
- For rare cases like shutdowns or absconding — see our Company Shutdown Gratuity UAE: Absconding & Suspension Guide for full details
Author Bio
Noor Al Emarat (CIPD-Certified HR Specialist) is part of the Gratuity Calculator UAE Editorial Team. She has over a decade of experience in HR compliance, employment contracts, payroll, and end-of-service (EOSB) calculations across UAE Mainland and major Free Zones. Holding CIPD Level 5 (HR), SHRM-CP, and postgraduate training in UAE Labour Law, she focuses on making complex UAE labour laws and HR topics clear, practical, and reader-friendly.
The Gratuity Calculator UAE team, consisting of law and HR-qualified professionals, uses real case experience to develop accurate, MOHRE-aligned gratuity guides and tools. Their mission is to help UAE employees and employers understand gratuity rules, end-of-service benefits, and labour rights with clarity, confidence, and compliance.
