Payslip & Salary Slip Generator Free UAE payslip template in Word (DOCX)
Fill in the company and pay package. The payslip preview updates as you type, and the output is a branded DOCX.
This free generator makes a monthly payslip for an employee in the UAE private sector, as an editable Word (DOCX) file on your company letterhead. You enter the company, the employee, the month and the pay package; the preview beside the form shows every figure as you type. The net pay follows the same rules as the salary calculator on this site: a 30-day month, overtime from the basic wage, the sick-leave pay bands and, for UAE Nationals, the pension share. The document is issued in English in every language of this site, and the employer who issues it is responsible for its content.
Payslip Format and Sample (UAE)
The letterhead: your company name, address and logo. Below it, the employee’s name and job title, and the month and year the payslip is for.
Earnings, in AED: the basic salary; the housing, transport and other allowances; a monthly bonus, if you enter one; and overtime pay. Article 1 of Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 defines the basic wage as the wage stipulated in the employment contract, not including any allowances or benefits in kind, and the wage as the basic wage plus the cash allowances and benefits in kind allocated under the contract or the law. The payslip keeps the two apart, because overtime is calculated from the basic wage (Article 19).
Deductions: the pension share of a UAE National, the other deductions you enter, and the days of sick leave and unpaid leave taken in the month. Then the net pay.
The preview mirrors the document, and the “DOCX source” tab shows the exact data that is sent to build it.
The sample below is the built-in Word layout, titled “Salary Slip”, filled in with the first worked example on this page: a resident employee with overtime, unpaid leave and a deduction. For a UAE National, the Social security row holds the pension share. Sick leave and unpaid leave are listed in days; their amounts are already counted in the total amount. A Word template of your own replaces this layout.
Salary Slip
September 2026
Your company name
Address: Company address
Employee name
Job title
Month: September
Year: 2026
| Earnings | Amount (AED) |
|---|---|
| Basic salary | 8,000.00 |
| Housing allowance | 3,000.00 |
| Transportation allowance | 1,000.00 |
| Other allowances | 0.00 |
| Monthly bonus | — |
| Overtime bonus | 616.67 |
| Total | 12,616.67 |
Sick leaves taken: —
| Deductions | Amount (AED) |
|---|---|
| Miscellaneous charges | 500.00 |
| Social security | 0.00 |
| Total | 500.00 |
Unpaid leaves taken: 2 (days)
Total amount: 11,316.67 AED
How the Figures Are Calculated
A payslip covers one whole calendar month, which pays the full monthly package: basic salary, allowances and any monthly bonus. Where the pay for one day is needed, the month counts as 30 days, as Article 67 provides for periods under the Labour Law. Amounts are rounded to two decimals.
Overtime. The hourly base is the basic salary ÷ 30 ÷ 8, using the 8-hour day of Article 17(1); allowances are left out. Regular overtime is paid at 1.25 times that rate, the minimum of Article 19(2): the basic wage plus at least 25%. The “off-day / night” field is paid at 1.5 times: Article 19(3) sets at least 50% extra for overtime between 10 pm and 4 am (shift workers are excluded), and under Article 19(4) work on the weekly rest day is compensated either with another day off or with the day’s wage plus at least 50% of the basic wage. Enter only the hours that are paid in money.
Sick leave. After probation, Article 31(3) pays the first 15 days of the year in full, the next 30 days at half pay, and the rest without pay. The form asks for the sick days in this month and the sick days taken earlier in the year, so this month’s days fall in the right band. During probation sick leave is unpaid (Article 31(2)); enter those days as unpaid leave instead.
Unpaid leave, which the employee takes with the employer’s approval (Article 33), is deducted at the daily rate: the monthly package ÷ 30. The law does not say how an unpaid day is priced; this is the generator’s method, and the salary calculator uses the same one.
Other deductions are subtracted as you enter them. Article 25(1) lists the only cases in which an amount may be deducted from the wage, for example a loan repaid with the employee’s written consent, an overpayment recovered at up to 20% of the wage, pension contributions, or a penalty under the establishment’s approved penalty rules of up to 5% of the wage; Article 25(2) caps all deductions together at 50% of the wage. The generator does not check a deduction against these limits. The salary deductions checker on this site does.
Is a Payslip Required in the UAE?
Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, its Implementing Regulation (Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022) and Ministerial Resolution No. 340 of 2026 on the Wage Protection System do not mention a payslip, and none of them prescribes its content or form. A payslip made here is the employer’s own document; an employment contract or a company policy may still provide for one.
What the law does require: the amount or type of the wage is set in the employment contract (Article 22(1)), and it is paid in UAE dirhams unless the parties agree another currency in the contract (Article 22(3)). The wage for each month is due on the first day of the following month and is paid through the Wage Protection System or another system the Ministry adopts (Resolution No. 340 of 2026, Article 1(1)–(2)). Establishments submit documents and data proving that wages were paid, under the Ministry’s rules (Article 1(3); Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022, Article 16(1)(c)). The employer also keeps workers’ files and records under the Ministry’s rules, for at least two years after the end of service (Decree-Law, Article 13(1)).
A payslip does not pay the wage and does not replace the WPS transfer. The WPS salary information file (SIF) is not made on Payslip.ae; the separate wps.guru tool builds it.
These are the rules of the mainland private sector. The DIFC and ADGM have their own employment laws, and domestic workers are outside the Decree-Law (Article 3(2)); the generator’s arithmetic follows Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021.
The Pension Line for UAE Nationals
Choose “UAE National” and the generator deducts the employee’s pension (GPSSA) share from the basic salary: 5% for someone first insured before 31 October 2023 (Federal Law No. 7 of 1999, Article 2(1)) and 11% for someone insured from that date (Federal Decree-Law No. 57 of 2023, Article 4(1)(a)). The Labour Law allows amounts deducted for pension contributions under the legislation in force (Article 25(1)(c)).
This is a simplification. GPSSA calculates the contribution on the contribution account salary, which in the private sector is the wage in the employment contract within a floor and a cap, and which can include allowances. Check the figure against GPSSA’s own calculation; the GPSSA pension calculator on this site applies the full rules, including the employer’s share.
The pension line is offered for UAE Nationals only. The generator does not calculate contributions for nationals of other GCC countries.
Logo, Bulk CSV, Your Own Template and Your Data
Company logo: a PNG or JPG of up to 2 MB, or a logo you made with the Logo Generator. It is kept in this browser, so it is already there next month, and it is sent with each document request to be drawn into the letterhead.
From the salary calculator: after a calculation, the calculator can open this page with the period, the residency and pension setting and the pay figures already filled in. Employee and company details are not transferred.
Bulk from CSV: one payslip per row of a CSV file, up to 50 rows per file, downloaded together as one ZIP. The company name, address and logo come from the form; everything else comes from the row. Start from the CSV template on the page. The document service accepts 100 documents of each kind per device per day.
Your own Word template: upload a .docx layout of up to 1 MB with the supported tags, and the payslips made on this device use it. The template file is stored on our server under this browser’s anonymous device ID until you delete it.
Your data: to build the DOCX, the details in the form are sent to our document service (api.payslip.ae); the file comes back in the same response and is not stored there. Employee details are not saved in your browser. The Privacy Notice lists everything that is stored.
Language and format: the payslip is an editable English Word file in every language of this site. Open it in Word or another editor that reads .docx to change it, or to save it as PDF.
Worked Examples
Two payslips for one whole calendar month, worked out by the generator’s own arithmetic. The site’s tests check every figure below against that code.
Resident employee: overtime, unpaid leave and a deduction
Overtime hourly base: basic salary ÷ 30 ÷ 8 = AED 33.33. Unpaid days are deducted at the daily rate: (basic salary + allowances) ÷ 30 = AED 400.00.
Basic salary: AED 8,000.00
Housing allowance: AED 3,000.00
Transport allowance: AED 1,000.00
Regular overtime: 10 h × AED 33.33 × 1.25: AED 416.67
Rest-day or night overtime: 4 h × AED 33.33 × 1.5: AED 200.00
Other deductions: AED −500.00
Unpaid leave: 2 days × AED 400.00: AED −800.00
Net pay: AED 11,316.67
UAE National insured from 31 October 2023
The pension share is 11% of the basic salary only; the housing allowance is not part of this base.
Basic salary: AED 20,000.00
Housing allowance: AED 5,000.00
Pension (GPSSA): 11% of the basic salary: AED −2,200.00
Net pay: AED 22,800.00
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a payslip mandatory in the UAE?
Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, its Implementing Regulation and Ministerial Resolution No. 340 of 2026 on the Wage Protection System do not mention a payslip or prescribe its form. They require the wage to be set in the employment contract (Article 22), paid through the Wage Protection System by the first day of the following month, and the payment to be proved with documents and data under the Ministry’s rules (Resolution No. 340 of 2026, Article 1). An employment contract or a company policy may still provide for a payslip.
What is the payslip (salary slip) format in the UAE?
There is no official form. This generator prints the company, the employee and job title, the month, the basic salary and each allowance, any bonus and overtime, the pension share for UAE Nationals, other deductions, the days of sick and unpaid leave, and the net pay in AED. It keeps the basic salary apart from the allowances: Article 1 of the Labour Law defines the two separately, and overtime is calculated from the basic wage (Article 19). A sample of the built-in layout is shown on this page.
Is this payslip generator free?
Yes. There is no charge, no account and no sign-up. The document service makes up to 100 payslips per device per day, and a bulk CSV file takes up to 50 rows.
Can I add my company logo?
Yes. Upload a PNG or JPG of up to 2 MB, or pick a logo you made with the Logo Generator. The logo is kept in this browser for next month and is drawn into the letterhead of the DOCX.
Can I make payslips for many employees at once?
Yes, with Bulk from CSV: download the CSV template, fill in one row per employee, and the page makes one payslip per row and downloads them together as a ZIP. A file takes up to 50 rows, and the company details and logo come from the form. The document service accepts 100 documents of each kind per device per day.
Is the payslip data stored?
The details you enter are sent to our document service only to build the DOCX, which is returned to you and not stored there. Employee details are not saved in your browser; the company logo is. If you upload your own Word template, that file is stored on our server under this browser’s anonymous device ID until you delete it.
In which language and format is the payslip?
It is an English Word (DOCX) file, in every language of this site. You can edit it, or save it as PDF from your word processor; the generator itself does not make a PDF.
What is the difference between a payslip and a salary certificate?
A payslip breaks down one month’s pay: earnings, deductions and net pay. A salary certificate is a letter on company letterhead that confirms the employee’s employment and salary to a bank, an embassy, a landlord or another recipient. No UAE law prescribes the form of either. The Salary Certificate generator on this site makes that letter as PDF or DOCX.
Does a payslip replace the WPS salary transfer?
No. Wages are paid through the Wage Protection System or another system the Ministry adopts (Ministerial Resolution No. 340 of 2026, Article 1(2)); a payslip pays nothing. The WPS salary information file (SIF) is not made on Payslip.ae; the separate wps.guru tool builds it.
Official Sources
Last reviewed: 2026-09-27
- MOHRE: Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, as amended (consolidated English text, PDF)
- UAE Legislation: Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021
- UAE Legislation: Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022
- MOHRE: Ministerial Resolution No. 340 of 2026 on the Wage Protection System (PDF)
- UAE Legislation: Federal Law No. 7 of 1999 on Pensions and Social Security
- UAE Legislation: Federal Decree-Law No. 57 of 2023 on Pensions and Social Security
- GPSSA: what the contribution calculation salary is
Disclaimer
* A payslip template filled with your figures, not legal advice; the employer who issues it is responsible for its content. The pension line is a share of the basic salary — a simplification of the GPSSA contribution account salary, which is the contract wage within a floor and a cap. The employment contract, the law that actually applies (the DIFC and ADGM free zones have their own employment laws) and any decision of MOHRE or a court prevail over this template — check it with MOHRE or a qualified adviser before you issue it.