Qatar Overtime Calculator

At a glance

Daytime overtime

+25% (×1.25) on the basic wage

Night overtime (9 PM–3 AM)

+50% (×1.50)

Weekly rest day (Art. 75)

+150% increment (×2.50 total)

Public holiday (Art. 78 → 74)

Ordinary overtime (×1.25)

Hourly rate

Basic ÷ 30 ÷ daily hours

Law

Labour Law 14/2004, Art. 73–75 & 78

How overtime pay works in Qatar

Normal hours are 8 a day and 48 a week (reduced to 6 a day / 36 a week during Ramadan). Any hours worked beyond your normal schedule are overtime and must be paid at a premium on the basic wage — allowances are not part of the overtime base.

The premium depends on when the extra hours fall. Daytime overtime carries a 25% supplement (paid at 125% of the hourly rate). Overtime worked at night, between 9 PM and 3 AM, carries a 50% supplement (150% of the hourly rate); Article 74 excludes shift workers from that night rate. Total actual hours, including overtime, may not exceed 10 in a day except to prevent serious loss.

Weekly rest day and public holidays

• •Your weekly rest day is normally Friday. If you must work on it, Article 75 gives you a substitute rest day and pays the day either at the ordinary rest-day wage or at the basic wage plus an increase of at least 150%, which is 250% of the hourly rate. The calculator prices the 250% route.
• •Public holidays follow a different article. Article 78 grants ten paid holiday days a year (three for Eid al-Fitr, three for Eid al-Adha, one national day and three days the employer sets) and says that work on any of them is governed by Article 74. Your monthly salary already pays for the holiday, and the hours you work on it are paid as overtime: 125% of the hourly rate, or 150% between 9 PM and 3 AM. No substitute day is owed.
• •This calculator prices day, night, rest-day and public-holiday hours separately. The substitute rest day for Friday work is a separate entitlement on top.

Public holiday overtime rates across the GCC

Qatar overtime rates

Two figures differ between the widely used English translation of the law and the official Arabic text, and this page follows the Arabic. The night rate runs from 9 pm to 3 am, not to 6 am. And Article 78 applies Article 74 to public-holiday work, not the Article 75 rest-day rule, so holiday hours are paid like any other overtime hour: 125%, or 150% at night.

Using the Qatar overtime calculator

Enter your monthly basic wage, your normal daily hours, and how many extra hours fell into each category. The calculator applies Article 74's day and night supplements, Article 75's rest-day rate and Article 78's holiday rule, and shows the arithmetic rather than just a total, so you can check it against your payslip line by line.

It prices overtime only. Unused annual leave is a separate entitlement with a different base and its own article, and the two are settled together when you leave, so work that figure out alongside this one.

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Overtime calculation formula in Qatar (how to compute OT)

1. 1

   Find your hourly rate

   Divide your monthly basic salary by 30, then by your daily working hours (usually 8). Example: 6,000 ÷ 30 ÷ 8 = QAR 25/hour.

2. 2

   Sort your hours

   Split the extra hours into daytime, night (9 PM–3 AM), Friday rest-day and public-holiday hours, since each pays a different rate.

3. 3

   Apply the multiplier

   OT pay = hourly rate × multiplier × hours, for each category: × 1.25 for daytime and public-holiday hours, × 1.50 for night hours, × 2.50 for Friday rest-day hours. Allowances stay out: Qatar prices OT on the basic wage alone.

4. 4

   Add them up

   The sum is your overtime pay for the period.

Worked examples

Frequently asked questions