Qatar Employer Cost of Hiring Calculator

Employers pay 14% of the contributory wage for Qatari nationals under Social Insurance Law No. 1 of 2022, capped at QAR 100,000 a month, and the employee pays 7%. Expatriate employees are not covered by GRSIA, so the employer contribution is 0% for expat hires.

Article 54 of the Labour Law entitles an employee who leaves after at least a year to an end-of-service gratuity of not less than three weeks' basic wage for every year of service, with no cap. It's paid as a lump sum at exit, so provisioning for it each year avoids a large unbudgeted cash outflow. Three weeks is 21/30 of a month's basic wage, about 5.8% of annual basic pay.

Because the employer GRSIA rate is 14% for a Qatari national, against a gratuity provision of about 5.8% of basic pay for an expatriate. On identical gross salaries, the national hire carries the larger direct payroll cost.

Not by law. Article 54 sets a single minimum of three weeks' basic wage per year, the same in every year of service. The 'four weeks after five years' rule in the Labour Law is about annual leave (Article 79), not gratuity. If your contracts promise four weeks, switch the rate in the calculator.

Because the GRSIA pension takes its place. Article 56 says an employer whose retirement scheme gives the worker a greater benefit than the gratuity does not also owe the gratuity, so this calculator provisions GRSIA for nationals and gratuity for expatriates.

Work permit and visa processing costs, mandatory health insurance (Qatar requires employer-provided health cover for all employees), recruitment fees, and Qatarization compliance considerations. This calculator focuses on the two costs that apply predictably to every hire: GRSIA employer contribution and gratuity accrual.