Overtime Pay Calculator
Work out overtime pay under Pakistan's Factories Act, the UAE Labour Law and the Saudi Labor Law, or at your contract's own rate.
Pakistan: your ordinary pay, meaning all cash pay under your contract, but not free housing or other amenities, provident-fund or pension contributions, travel allowance, bonus or profit share. UAE and Saudi Arabia: basic salary without allowances.
The law doesn't fix a divisor. 240 is 30 days × 8 hours, which matches the UAE's 30-day legal month. A 48-hour week averages 208 hours a month. Use what your employer uses.
Overtime pay
AED 625.00
- Per overtime hour
- AED 31.25
- Normal hourly wage
- AED 25.00
20 overtime hours at AED 31.25 an hour come to AED 625.00.
How it's worked out
- Normal hourly wage
AED 6,000.00 ÷ 240 hoursAED 25.00 - Overtime rate per hour
AED 25.00 + 25%AED 31.25 - Overtime pay
AED 31.25 × 20 hoursAED 625.00
- Limits apply: the UAE allows at most 2 overtime hours a day; Saudi Arabia 720 a year; Pakistan's Factories Act caps weekly hours. Managers and some other roles may be excluded.
- Work on a rest day or public holiday often earns more (or a day off in lieu). The law doesn't fix the hours divisor, so check your contract.
- Shift workers don't get the 10 pm–4 am rate. Work on your rest day earns another day off, or the day's wage plus at least 50% of basic.
The rules
Pakistan: 2 × ordinary hourly rate · UAE: basic hourly + 25% (10 pm to 4 am: + 50%) · Saudi Arabia: hourly wage + 50% of basic hourly
Worked example
In the UAE, a basic salary of AED 6,000 over 240 hours is AED 25 an hour. Overtime is AED 31.25 an hour, so 20 hours earn AED 625. Night overtime would be AED 37.50 an hour.
In Pakistan, ordinary pay of Rs 52,000 a month over 208 hours is Rs 250 an hour. Overtime is double that, Rs 500 an hour, so 10 hours earn Rs 5,000.
Points to check
Managers and some other roles can be excluded, rest-day and public-holiday work often earns more or a day off in lieu, and Pakistan's provinces have their own labour laws. Your contract and the current law decide your case.
Questions people ask
How is overtime calculated in the UAE?
At least the basic hourly wage plus 25%, or plus 50% for overtime between 10 pm and 4 am (Article 19 of Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021). Overtime is limited to 2 hours a day. Shift workers don't get the 10 pm–4 am rate. Work on your rest day earns another day off, or the day's wage plus at least 50% of basic.
How is overtime calculated in Saudi Arabia?
Article 107 pays the hourly wage (basic plus allowances) plus 50% of the basic hourly wage. With a basic of SAR 2,400 and allowances of SAR 1,800, that's SAR 17.50 + SAR 5 = SAR 22.50 an hour. Since 19 February 2025 (Art. 107 as amended), you and your employer may agree to paid time off instead of overtime pay. Hours worked on public holidays and Eid count as overtime.
How is overtime calculated in Pakistan?
At twice the ordinary rate of pay for hours over 9 a day or 48 a week (section 47 of the Factories Act 1934; section 68 of the Sindh Factories Act 2015; shops and offices: double rate under the provincial shops laws). The ordinary rate means all cash pay under your contract, but not free housing or other amenities, provident-fund or pension contributions, travel allowance, bonus or profit share.
How is the hourly wage worked out?
The monthly salary divided by the normal working hours in a month. The law doesn't fix a divisor; 30 × 8 = 240 matches the UAE's 30-day legal month, and 208 matches a 48-hour week. The calculator starts at 240 for the UAE and Saudi Arabia and at 208 for Pakistan. Check your contract.
About this calculator
Formula and rules last checked 12 November 2026Written and tested by the CalculatorDex teamReport a problem
Sources: Sindh Factories Act 2015, s. 68 · Sindh Shops and Commercial Establishment Act 2015, ss. 8 and 9 · UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, Articles 17, 19 and 67 · Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (Labor Law, Art. 107)