Oman end-of-service gratuity calculator
Worked out from your dates: the older rule before July 2023, the new one after.
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- Last reviewed: September 2026
Art. 61: paid in full
Service counted: 6 years
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End-of-service gratuity due
2,250.00 OMR
On a basic wage of 500.00 OMR over 6 years
Breakdown
| Period | Years | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| August 2019 to July 2023 | 4 | 1,248.18 |
| July 2023 to July 2025A month's wage a year | 2 | 1,001.82 |
How is the gratuity worked out across two windows?
- Service after 31 July 2023 = a basic wage a year
- Service before it = 15 days a year for the first three years, then a month's wage
- The service is measured once and apportioned between the windows by days
- Gratuity = the two windows added, × the basic wage
Symbols
- the boundary
- 31 July 2023, the day the new law took effect
- the older bands
- They read your whole service, so passing three years before the date keeps the higher rate
- wage
- The final basic wage alone, with no allowances
What is 2019 to 2025 worth?
A worker who started on 1 August 2019 and left on 31 July 2025, on a basic wage of 500 Omani rials:
- Four years before 31 July 2023: three at fifteen days and one at a month's wage
- That is 3 × half a month + 1 × a month = 2.5 months
- Two years after the date: 2 × a month's wage = 2 months
- Total: 4.5 months of basic wage
- 4.5 × 500 = 2,250 Omani rials
About 2,250 rials is due. The whole span under the new rule alone would have come to 3,000, and under the old rule alone to 2,750: the dates are the difference, not the length by itself.
Why do the dates matter, not just the length?
Enter your first day of work and your last. The Labour Law issued by Royal Decree 53/2023 gives a basic wage for each year of service, but it did not erase what you had already earned: service before it is worked out under the older rule. That is why this calculator asks for dates rather than a duration: which years you worked matters, not only how many.
Article 61 of the new law gives not less than the basic wage for each year of service, with part years in proportion, calculated on the final basic wage. It covers workers who do not benefit from the Social Protection Law: that is, expatriate workers.
Service before the law took effect is worked out under the older rule: fifteen days of basic wage for each of the first three years, and a month's wage for each year after. Because those bands read your whole service rather than the service inside the window, someone who passed three years before the new law keeps the higher rate for those later years.
The calculator splits your service at the date the law took effect, works each part out under its own rule, and adds them. The service is measured once and apportioned between the windows by days, so no day is lost at the boundary.
This page is under review. What is confirmed from the decree is Article 61 itself. How earlier service is treated has been reported two ways: that a worker's service splits at the effective date, and that the applicable rule follows whichever law the contract was concluded under. This page takes the first, and the difference changes the answer for anyone hired before July 2023 who is still employed.
- After 31 July 2023: a basic wage a year, with no bands
- Before it: 15 days a year for the first three years, then a month's wage
- The older bands read your whole service, not the service inside the window
- Calculated on the final basic wage; allowances are outside it
- Resignation does not reduce it
Questions about end-of-service gratuity in Oman
Why does this ask for dates instead of a length of service?
Because the rule changed on 31 July 2023, so which years you worked matters, not only how many. Two workers with six years each are owed different amounts if one worked before the date and the other after. "Six years" cannot be placed on a calendar, which is why this page does not offer the duration mode at all.
Do allowances count towards it?
No. Article 61 uses the final basic wage, so housing, transport and the rest sit outside the figure. That differs from Bahrain and Kuwait, where the calculation is on the wage including regular allowances, and the gap between the two bases can be a third of the total.
Does this cover me if I am Omani?
No. Article 61 covers workers who do not benefit from the Social Protection Law, so an Omani national's end of service is dealt with inside that scheme rather than under this article. This page answers for expatriate workers.
Is the gratuity reduced if I resign?
The article attaches the entitlement to the employment relationship ending and does not ask who ended it, so there is no reduction ladder of the Saudi or Kuwaiti kind. That said, it is one of the points on this page still awaiting a check, so confirm it before relying on it in a dispute.
What has not been verified on this page yet?
Two things. First, how service before July 2023 is treated: does a worker's service split at the effective date, or does the rule follow whichever law the contract was concluded under? Both have been reported from Ministry statements. Second, the effective date itself: the decree was published on 30 July 2023 and reports differ by a few days, which moves the boundary.
Will the rule change again?
A savings scheme for expatriate workers has been expected, replacing the lump sum in the way Bahrain's did in 2024. If it arrives it will change who holds the money and possibly how it is worked out, and this page will need updating. The date it was last reviewed is at the bottom.
Sources
Reviewed September 2026- Article 61 of the Oman Labour Law issued by Royal Decree No. 53/2023: not less than the basic wage for each year of service, part years in proportion, on the final basic wage, for workers who do not benefit from the Social Protection Law
- Service before the law took effect is worked out under the older rule: 15 days for each of the first three years, then a month's wage. Sourced from Ministry of Labour clarifications and awaiting a check against the executive regulation
- The method of splitting is awaiting a check: Ministry statements have been reported two ways, as a split of the worker's service at the effective date and as the law under which the contract was concluded
- The effective date used here is 31 July 2023; the decree was published on 30 July 2023. A difference of a few days moves the boundary between the two windows
Statutory articles this calculator applies
- Oman Labour Law, Article 61: end-of-service gratuity
- Oman Labour Law (repealed, RD 35/2003), Article 39
Oman Labour Law: Royal Decree No. 53/2023, which replaced Royal Decree No. 35/2003