Калькулятор квот и взносов по эмиратизации в ОАЭ
Оценивает квоту по эмиратизации и потенциальные финансовые взносы для организации частного сектора согласно решениям Кабинета министров ОАЭ и MOHRE по эмиратизации. Цифры проверены в августе 2026 года — сверяйтесь с MOHRE.
This free calculator estimates the Emiratisation quota of a UAE private-sector establishment for 2025 or 2026, its current shortfall, and the financial contributions that shortfall would attract. For 2026 it also checks the lowest Emirati salary against MOHRE’s AED 6,000 monthly minimum. Every figure it uses is cited to u.ae or MOHRE below and was last reviewed in August 2026. It is an estimate — the authoritative numbers for any specific establishment come from MOHRE.
How the Emiratisation targets work
Private-sector establishments with 50 or more employees must raise the Emiratisation rate of their SKILLED jobs by 2 percentage points a year, reaching an overall 10% by the end of 2026 (u.ae — Employing Emiratis in the private sector). For an establishment subject to the scheme since 2022 that is a cumulative 8% by end-2025 and 10% by end-2026.
Since 2024 the year is checked in halves: 1% growth is due by 30 June and a further 1% by 31 December. MOHRE confirmed the 30 June 2026 checkpoint and that contributions on a first-half miss apply from 1 July 2026 (MOHRE news, 7 May 2026).
A job counts as skilled when it sits in one of the five occupational levels, the worker holds an attested certificate above secondary education, and the monthly salary is at least AED 4,000 (u.ae — Professional levels of jobs).
Separately, MOHRE raised the minimum salary for Emiratis in the private sector to AED 6,000 per month from 1 January 2026. Existing hires had until 30 June 2026 to be adjusted. From 1 July 2026, an Emirati paid below the floor does not count towards the target of an establishment covered by Emiratisation policies, and MOHRE may suspend new work permits until salaries comply (MOHRE news, 31 December 2025).
Official guidance does not state how a fractional requirement — say 8% of 130 skilled workers, which is 10.4 — is rounded. This calculator rounds up to 11, the conservative reading: it will never report compliance that MOHRE’s own reckoning might not.
The financial contribution per unfilled position
An establishment that misses its target pays a monthly contribution for every Emirati not employed. The amount started at AED 6,000 per month for the 2022 shortfall, collected from January 2023, and increases by AED 1,000 each year until 2026 (u.ae). By collection year that is AED 6,000 in 2023, 7,000 in 2024, 8,000 in 2025 and 9,000 in 2026.
A 2025 year-end shortfall is therefore billed from 1 January 2026 at AED 9,000 per month per position — AED 108,000 over the year. A first-half 2026 miss is billed from 1 July 2026 at the same AED 9,000 per month.
For a 2026 year-end shortfall, collections would start in January 2027. MOHRE has published the ladder only "until 2026", so no post-2026 amount exists yet; this calculator shows the last published figure (AED 9,000 per month) and says so, rather than guessing an increment.
Companies with 20–49 employees in the 14 activities
Establishments with 20–49 employees operating in 14 economic activities named by MOHRE must have employed at least one Emirati during 2024 and at least one more during 2025 — two in total (MOHRE news, 2 January 2024). For 2026 the published obligation is to retain those hires.
The contribution here is not monthly: missing the 2024 target cost AED 96,000 for each citizen not appointed, collected in January 2025, and missing the 2025 target costs AED 108,000 for each citizen not appointed, collected in January 2026. MOHRE allows payment in instalments by agreement.
No Emiratisation quota is currently published for establishments with fewer than 20 employees.
The 14 economic activities
- Information and communications
- Financial and insurance activities
- Real estate
- Professional and technical activities
- Administrative and support services
- Education
- Healthcare and social work
- Arts and entertainment
- Mining and quarrying
- Transformative (manufacturing) industries
- Construction
- Wholesale and retail
- Transportation and warehousing
- Accommodation and hospitality
Fake Emiratisation and circumvention
Contributions are not fines — they are the price of an unmet quota. Circumventing the system is penalised separately: under Cabinet Resolution No. 44 of 2023, an establishment that violates the Emiratisation targets through fraudulent practices faces AED 100,000 for a first violation, AED 300,000 for a second, and AED 500,000 for a third or subsequent one (u.ae — Employing Emiratis in the private sector).
MOHRE also downgrades the establishment’s classification and warns of further legal action; it audits fake Emiratisation actively, including through Wage Protection System data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are subject to UAE Emiratisation targets?
Private-sector establishments with 50 or more employees are subject to the percentage targets on skilled jobs. Establishments with 20–49 employees in 14 economic activities named by MOHRE must employ a flat number of Emiratis. No quota is currently published for establishments with fewer than 20 employees.
What is the Emiratisation target for 2026?
Establishments with 50+ employees must add 2% of skilled jobs during 2026 — 1% by 30 June and 1% more by 31 December — bringing an establishment subject since 2022 to an overall 10% Emiratisation rate of skilled jobs.
How much is the contribution per missing Emirati?
AED 6,000 per month for the 2022 shortfall, rising by AED 1,000 per collection year until 2026: AED 9,000 per month is collected during 2026, which is AED 108,000 a year per unfilled position. No amount has been published for collections after 2026.
Is the contribution for 20–49-employee companies monthly?
No. It is a one-off yearly amount for each citizen not appointed: AED 96,000 for the 2024 target (collected January 2025) and AED 108,000 for the 2025 target (collected January 2026), payable in instalments by agreement with MOHRE.
What counts as a skilled job for Emiratisation?
A role in one of the five occupational levels, held by a worker with an attested certificate above secondary education, at a monthly salary of at least AED 4,000.
What is the minimum salary for Emiratis in the private sector in 2026?
AED 6,000 per month from 1 January 2026. Existing salaries had to be adjusted by 30 June 2026. For establishments covered by Emiratisation policies, from 1 July 2026 an Emirati below the minimum does not count towards the target, and new work permits may be suspended until salaries comply.
How are fractional quotas rounded?
Official guidance does not say. This calculator rounds the requirement up — the conservative reading — and states that assumption in the result.
What are the penalties for fake Emiratisation?
Under Cabinet Resolution No. 44 of 2023: AED 100,000 for a first violation, AED 300,000 for a second, and AED 500,000 for a third or subsequent one, alongside classification downgrades and possible legal action.
Official Sources Used
Estimates the Emiratisation quota and financial-contribution exposure of a private-sector establishment under the UAE Cabinet and MOHRE Emiratisation decisions. Figures last reviewed August 2026 — verify with MOHRE.
- UAE Government Portal — Employing Emiratis in the private sector
- UAE Government Portal — Professional (skill) levels of jobs
- MOHRE — Emiratisation targets (guidance portal)
- MOHRE — 30 June deadline for H1 2026 Emiratisation targets (news, 7 May 2026)
- MOHRE — AED 6,000 minimum salary for Emiratis (news, 31 December 2025)
- MOHRE — Emiratisation targets for 20–49-employee companies (news, 2 January 2024)
- MOHRE — 2025 Emiratisation targets reminder (news, 27 October 2025)
- Nafis — the national Emirati talent platform
Disclaimer
* Этот инструмент даёт только оценку. Официальные целевые показатели, классификации и суммы взносов для конкретной организации определяет MOHRE. Цифры проверены в августе 2026 года — сверяйтесь с MOHRE.