Overtime Pay Calculator for Saudi Arabia

Enter your monthly basic salary and the overtime hours you worked to see what each hour is worth and what the shift pays in total. The calculator applies Article 107 of the Saudi Labor Law and shows the hourly wage, the 50% premium and the full breakdown.

How Saudi overtime pay is calculated

Article 107 of the Saudi Labor Law says the employer pays for every overtime hour an amount equal to the hourly wage plus 50% of the basic wage. The hourly wage itself comes from dividing your monthly wage by the hours you actually work, so the calculator multiplies working days by daily hours first — 26 days at 8 hours gives 208 monthly hours — and divides your basic salary by that figure.

Fixed allowances can be added on top of the basic salary, because the statutory premium is calculated on the basic wage while the hourly wage component is built from the whole wage. Leave allowances at zero if you want the simple 150% of basic hourly wage figure that most payroll systems use.

Rest days, holidays and Eids

Article 107(3) treats every hour worked on a holiday or an Eid as an overtime hour, so the overtime rate applies from the first hour rather than only after the daily ceiling is passed. Article 112 separately gives each worker paid leave on Eids and the occasions named in the Implementing Regulations, and Article 104 guarantees weekly rest days at full pay that cannot be exchanged for cash.

The Labor Law does not set a higher multiplier for those days, so the statutory figure stays at 150%. Choose the 200% option in the calculator only when your employment contract or the company's work regulations actually grant double time on rest days and holidays.

Hour limits and compensatory leave

Normal working time is capped at 8 hours a day or 48 hours a week by Article 98, reduced to 6 hours a day or 36 hours a week for Muslim workers during Ramadan. In the specific cases Article 106 allows — inventory work, emergencies, unusual pressure and seasonal peaks — actual working hours may not exceed 10 hours a day or 60 hours a week, and anything beyond the normal schedule is overtime.

An employer may grant paid compensatory leave instead of paying overtime, with the worker's consent: at least one and a half hours of leave for each overtime hour, taken within 60 days and capped at 30 days a year. Check your payslip and work regulations before assuming cash is owed.

Frequently asked questions

Is overtime calculated on basic salary or total wage?
Article 107 is written as the hourly wage plus 50% of the basic wage. The basic hourly wage therefore comes from your basic salary, while the hourly wage component can include regular allowances. The calculator lets you enter allowances separately so you can match whatever your employer records as wage.
How much is one overtime hour worth?
Take a basic salary of SAR 6,000 on a 26-day, 8-hour schedule: monthly hours are 208, the basic hourly wage is about SAR 28.85, and the statutory 50% premium adds about SAR 14.42, so one overtime hour is worth roughly SAR 43.27.
Do I get double pay on my rest day or on Eid?
The Labor Law treats hours worked on holidays and Eids as ordinary overtime hours at 150% under Article 107(3), and it does not set a higher multiplier. A 200% rate only applies when your contract or the company's work regulations grant it, so the calculator offers it as an option rather than a statutory default.
How many overtime hours am I allowed to work?
Normal working time is 8 hours a day or 48 a week, and 6 hours a day or 36 a week for Muslim workers in Ramadan. In the exception cases listed in Article 106, actual working hours may not exceed 10 hours a day or 60 hours a week; hours beyond the normal schedule are paid as overtime.
Can my employer give me time off instead of overtime pay?
Yes, with the worker's consent: the employer may grant paid compensatory leave of at least one and a half hours for each overtime hour. The leave must be used within 60 days of the overtime work and may not exceed 30 days in a year unless the parties agree otherwise.
How accurate is this overtime calculator?
It reproduces the Article 107 formula on the wage and schedule you enter, but the amount actually paid can differ because of contract wording, allowances that count as wage, approved compensatory leave, shift-work averaging under Article 100, or HRSD guidance.