Oman Overtime Calculator
Find your hourly basic wage and what your overtime, night hours, rest days and holidays are worth under Oman's Labour Law, and check the working-hour limits.
Your contract wage plus any periodic allowance, without housing or transport. The law works out overtime on this.
Time past your normal hours. Paid at + 25%.
Paid at + 50%.
Overtime you agree to is paid under Article 71. Overtime without your consent is only allowed in some cases (Article 72) and pays more.
Your contract hours. The law allows at most 8.
Used for the month estimate and the limits.
Leave blank to spread it over your working days. Used for the 12-hours-a-day check.
In Ramadan, Muslim workers work at most 6 hours a day or 30 a week, so time past that counts as overtime.
The law counts a month as 30 days. The hourly wage is then ÷ your normal hours a day.
Overtime and night: % of the hourly basic wage. Rest day and holiday: % of the daily basic wage. These are the legal minimums; your contract may pay more, not less.
Type the rate you get: how many of that currency you get for 1 OMR.
How your overtime pay is worked out
Your hourly basic wage, the Article 71 extra on top, then each kind of hour or day × its rate.
- 1
Hourly basic wage
600 ÷ 30 ÷ 8
= OMR 2.500 - 2
Overtime hour
2.500 × 1.25
= OMR 3.125 - 3
Night, rest days
night 0 h · days 0
= OMR 0.000 - 4
Add it up
31.250 + 0.000
= OMR 31.250
Read more: the law, the formula, a worked example, limits, rest days, holidays and Ramadan
Oman's Labour Law, issued by Royal Decree No. 53/2023, sets these rules for working hours and overtime in the private sector:
- actual working hours are at most 8 a day and 40 a week. The day includes at least 1 hour of rest and meal break, which is not counted as working time, and no one should work more than 6 hours in a row (Article 70)
- in Ramadan, Muslim workers work at most 6 hours a day or 30 hours a week (Article 70)
- night means the time from 9 pm to 5 am. Your basic wage is the wage agreed in your contract plus any periodic allowance; your gross wage is the basic wage plus all other allowances (Article 1)
- overtime you agree to is paid at your hourly basic wage plus at least 25% for daytime hours and 50% for night hours, or with equal time off. With overtime, total working hours must not go over 12 a day (Article 71)
- if you work on your weekly rest day or an official holiday, you get 100% of your daily basic wage on top of the wage for that day, or a day off in place of each day worked (Article 71)
- overtime without your consent is allowed only in the cases the law lists, such as stock-taking or urgent work, for at most 15 days a year unless the Ministry allows more. It is paid at the hourly basic wage plus at least 50% by day and 75% at night; a rest day or holiday is paid 200% of the daily basic wage plus the day's wage, or two rest days for each day worked (Article 72)
The formula
daily basic wage = basic monthly wage ÷ 30
hourly basic wage = daily basic wage ÷ normal hours a day
overtime pay = overtime hours × hourly basic wage × 1.25
night overtime pay = night hours × hourly basic wage × 1.5
rest day or holiday = days worked × daily basic wage × 1 (extra)
total = all of these added together
Worked example
Your basic wage is OMR 600 a month and your normal day is 8 hours. Your daily basic wage is 600 ÷ 30 = OMR 20.000, so your hourly basic wage is 20 ÷ 8 = OMR 2.500.
A daytime overtime hour pays 2.5 × 1.25 = OMR 3.125. You worked 10 hours of daytime overtime this month, so your overtime pay is 10 × 3.125 = OMR 31.250. Of that, 10 × 2.5 = OMR 25.000 is plain pay for the hours and 10 × 0.625 = OMR 6.250 is the extra.
Spread over about 21.67 working days (5 days a week × 52 ÷ 12), that is about 0.46 hours a day, so a day of about 8.46 hours: well within the 12-hour limit.
Rates on a basic of OMR 600 (8-hour days)
| Kind of work | Worked out as | OMR |
|---|---|---|
| Daily basic wage | 600 ÷ 30 | 20.000 |
| Hourly basic wage | 20 ÷ 8 | 2.500 |
| Daytime overtime hour (agreed) | 2.5 × 1.25 | 3.125 |
| Night overtime hour, 9 pm–5 am (agreed) | 2.5 × 1.5 | 3.750 |
| Rest day or holiday worked (agreed), extra | 20 × 100% | 20.000 |
| Daytime overtime hour (no consent) | 2.5 × 1.5 | 3.750 |
| Night overtime hour (no consent) | 2.5 × 1.75 | 4.375 |
| Rest day or holiday worked (no consent), extra | 20 × 200% | 40.000 |
Notes
- The law counts a month as 30 days, so the daily basic wage is basic ÷ 30. Dividing by your normal hours a day to get the hourly wage is the usual practice. Some employers use × 12 ÷ 365 or 26 working days, which you can pick in Advanced mode.
- Rest-day and holiday pay is set per day, not per hour. Your monthly salary already pays the day itself, so the amount here is the extra on top.
- Overtime is worked out on the basic wage, not the gross wage with housing and other allowances. A contract can be more generous, never less.
- In Ramadan the calculator keeps your hourly wage on your usual daily hours and checks the shorter 30-hour week. If you keep working your usual day, add the time past the Ramadan hours to your overtime.
- Domestic workers (housemaids, drivers, cooks in a private home) are covered by separate rules, not by these articles. Government jobs follow the civil service rules.
For end-of-service pay, use the Oman end of service calculator. Overtime rules in the rest of the Gulf: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait.
Source: Oman Labour Law, Royal Decree No. 53/2023 (Articles 1, 70, 71 and 72, checked against the official English text on decree.om on 12 October 2026), and the Ministry of Labour (mol.gov.om). This is an estimate for general information, not legal advice. Check your contract, or ask your employer or the Ministry of Labour, before relying on it.
Common questions
How is overtime calculated in Oman?
Under Article 71 of the Labour Law (Royal Decree 53/2023), overtime you agree to is paid at your hourly basic wage plus at least 25% by day and 50% at night. The hourly basic wage is usually monthly basic ÷ 30 ÷ 8. With a basic of OMR 600 that is OMR 2.500 an hour, so a daytime overtime hour pays 2.5 × 1.25 = OMR 3.125.
What counts as night overtime in Oman?
The law defines night as the time from 9 pm to 5 am (Article 1). Overtime in those hours is paid at the hourly basic wage plus at least 50%. On a basic of OMR 600 that is 2.5 × 1.5 = OMR 3.750 an hour. You can also agree to take equal time off instead of the pay.
How much do I get for working on my rest day or a public holiday in Oman?
Article 71 gives you 100% of your daily basic wage on top of the wage for that day, or a day off in place of each day worked. The daily basic wage is monthly basic ÷ 30, so on OMR 600 that is OMR 20.000 extra for each rest day or holiday you work.
Can my employer make me work overtime in Oman without my consent?
Only in the cases Article 72 lists, such as stock-taking or urgent work, and for at most 15 days a year unless the Ministry allows more. That overtime pays more: the hourly basic wage plus at least 50% by day and 75% at night, and 200% of the daily basic wage for a rest day or holiday, or two rest days for each day worked.
How many hours can I work in a day in Oman?
Normal working hours are at most 8 a day and 40 a week, with at least a 1-hour break that does not count as work and no more than 6 hours in a row (Article 70). With overtime, you must not work more than 12 hours in a day (Article 71). In Ramadan, Muslim workers work at most 6 hours a day or 30 a week.
Is overtime in Oman paid on basic or gross salary?
On the basic wage. The law defines the basic wage as the wage agreed in your contract plus any periodic allowance (Article 1). Other allowances, such as housing or transport, are part of the gross wage and are not used. A contract can pay overtime on more, but not less.
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