Qatar overtime pay: basic + 25%, night (9 pm to 3 am) + 50% and Fridays + 150%
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 17 Oct 2026.Qatar's Labour Law pays overtime at the basic hourly wage plus at least 25%, and overtime between 9 pm and 3 am at plus 50%, except for shift workers. On QAR 6,000 basic the hourly wage is QAR 25, so 10 daytime and 4 night hours pay QAR 462.50.
2026 · Rates and rules read from Al Meezan, Qatari Legal Portal: Labour Law No. 14 of 2004, Articles 73 to 76 on 17 Oct 2026; they may have changed since.
Type your monthly basic salary, without allowances.
Enter the daytime overtime hours and, separately, the hours between 9 pm and 3 am.
Add any Fridays you were called in on.
Read the overtime pay for the month and the rates used.
This calculator works out the minimum overtime pay for a private-sector worker in Qatar under Labour Law No. 14 of 2004, from the articles the Al Meezan legal portal publishes.
Normal hours. Article 73 sets at most 48 hours a week and 8 a day, reduced to 36 a week and 6 a day in Ramadan. Overtime is work beyond these hours.
The rates. Article 74 pays overtime at no less than the basic wage for normal hours plus at least 25%. Work between 9 pm and 3 am pays the basic wage plus at least 50%, except for shift workers, who get the 25% rate.
The hourly basic wage. The law does not set a divisor. The calculator uses the monthly basic ÷ 30 ÷ 8 hours, the usual practice, and you can type the hourly rate your payslip uses instead.
Fridays. Friday is the weekly rest day. A worker called in on it must get another rest day, and Article 75 adds either the pay of a normal rest day or the basic wage plus an increase of at least 150%. The calculator shows the second: two and a half days of basic wage for each Friday.
A worked example. On QAR 6,000 basic the hourly basic wage is 6,000 ÷ 30 ÷ 8 = QAR 25. Ten daytime overtime hours pay 25 × 1.25 × 10 = QAR 312.50, and four night hours 25 × 1.5 × 4 = QAR 150, so the month adds QAR 462.50. A Friday worked would add 200 × 2.5 = QAR 500.
The limit. Total actual work may not exceed 10 hours a day, overtime included, unless needed to prevent serious loss or a dangerous accident.
Not included. Senior managers, whom Article 76 leaves out, contracts that pay more and piece-rate pay.
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Article 74 of the Labour Law pays every overtime hour at no less than the basic hourly wage plus 25%. Divide the monthly basic salary by 30 and by 8 for the hourly wage, then multiply by 1.25: on QAR 6,000 basic one overtime hour is worth QAR 31.25.
Work between 9 pm and 3 am is paid at the basic wage plus at least 50%, so 150% of the normal hourly rate. Shift workers are excluded from this rule and receive the ordinary 25% uplift. On QAR 6,000 basic a night hour pays QAR 37.50.
Friday is the weekly rest day. A worker called in on it gets another rest day plus either a normal rest day's pay or the basic wage plus an increase of at least 150%. On QAR 6,000 basic that second option is QAR 500 for the day.
Total actual working hours may not exceed 10 in one day, overtime included, so a normal 8-hour day allows 2 hours of overtime. The limit can be passed only to prevent serious loss or a dangerous accident, or to repair its effects.
On the basic wage. Article 74 refers to the basic wage due for normal working hours, and the law defines basic salary as pay for the work with the annual allowance only, so housing and transport allowances do not raise the overtime rate.
Article 76 places people in senior posts with the employer's authority over workers outside the hours, overtime and rest-day rules. Preparatory work, guards and cleaners and categories set by the minister are outside the normal-hours limit, with their own maximum hours.
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