Salary Certificate
Formal letter on your letterhead, as PDF or DOCX. Company details are remembered for next month; the employee's are not. Signatory details can be left blank and added by hand later.
A template replaces only the default addressee or another template’s suggestion; it never overwrites what you have typed.
A salary certificate is a letter in which an employer confirms that a person works for it, in which position and for what monthly salary. Banks, embassies and landlords in the UAE usually ask for one, for example with a loan or credit card application, a visa application or a tenancy. This page writes that letter on your company’s letterhead: you fill in the recipient, the company, the employee and, if you wish, the signatory; the letter beside the form follows what you type; and you download it as a PDF or a Word (DOCX) file. The certificate is issued in English. Below: what a certificate usually contains, a sample of the exact text this page produces, how to address it to a bank, an embassy or a landlord, and how it differs from an experience certificate and a payslip.
What a UAE Salary Certificate Usually Contains
No UAE law prescribes a form for a salary certificate. Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 on the Regulation of Labour Relations, its Implementing Regulation (Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022) and the Wage Protection System resolution (Ministerial Resolution No. 340 of 2026) do not mention one. What it says is set by what the recipient asks for and what the employer is prepared to confirm.
The certificate this page produces carries: the letterhead (the company logo, name and address); the recipient and their location; the date of issue; the title “Salary Certificate”; the employee’s title and full name; the passport number, the Emirates ID number or both, with the nationality if you enter it; the date the employment started, if you enter it; the monthly salary in AED, “inclusive of all fixed allowances”; the designation (job title); a sentence that the letter is not a financial guarantee; and the closing on behalf of the company, with space for a signature.
Optional parts: the signatory’s name, title and phone print under the signature when you fill them in, and can be left blank to be written by hand; a footer line can carry the company’s address, phone, e-mail and website. The page adds no stamp and no signature image: sign and stamp the letter the way your company usually does.
Recipients usually check that the letter is on the company’s letterhead, signed, stamped and recently dated, and that the name and the passport or Emirates ID number match the applicant’s documents. Ask the recipient in advance whether they need anything more, such as a breakdown of the salary or a particular addressee.
Salary Certificate Sample
The text this page produces for a fictional employee, built by the same code as the downloaded file. The names, numbers and dates change with your entries, and He/His becomes She/Her for Ms. and Mrs.; the rest of the wording is fixed.
Example Trading LLC
To Whom It May Concern
Date: 1 September 2026
Dubai, UAE
Salary Certificate
Dear Sir/Madam,
We hereby confirm that Ms. Sample Employee, holder of passport number X0000000, is officially an employee of our company since 1 February 2022.
She is currently receiving a monthly salary of AED 12,500 inclusive of all fixed allowances.
Her designation is Accountant.
Please note that this letter does not constitute a financial guarantee or commitment of any kind, including but not limited to repayment of any loan, overdraft, or credit card facility, on behalf of the company.
Thank You.
Yours sincerely,
On Behalf of Example Trading LLC
Empty optional fields drop out of the sentence instead of leaving a blank: without a start date the “since …” clause disappears, and with only an Emirates ID the letter names the Emirates ID instead of the passport.
Addressing It to a Bank, an Embassy or a Landlord
The four buttons above the form (Bank, Embassy / Visa, Landlord and Custom) only suggest an addressee. Bank and Landlord suggest “To Whom It May Concern”; Embassy / Visa suggests “To the Embassy of …”, for you to complete with the country, and the location “Dubai, UAE”; Custom suggests nothing. A suggestion replaces only an empty field, the form’s default addressee or another button’s suggestion, never what you typed. The body of the letter is the same whoever it is addressed to.
A bank usually asks for a salary certificate with an application for a loan, a credit card or an account. Address it to the bank by name, or “To Whom It May Concern” if the bank accepts that. The fixed sentence that the letter “does not constitute a financial guarantee or commitment of any kind” matters here: the company confirms employment and salary; it does not guarantee the employee’s borrowing.
An embassy or consulate usually asks for one with a visa application, as evidence that the applicant is employed and paid in the UAE. Address it to the embassy of the country the application is for, with its city, and check that the name and passport number match the passport submitted.
A landlord or a letting agent usually asks for one with a tenancy application, as evidence of income. “To Whom It May Concern” is what the Landlord button suggests; the location can be the city of the property.
Basic Salary and Total Salary
The Labour Law defines two figures. The basic wage is the wage stated in the employment contract, without any allowances or benefits in kind. The wage is the basic wage plus the cash allowances and benefits in kind granted under the contract or the law, such as housing, transport or cost-of-living allowances (Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, Article 1). The amount or type of the wage is set in the employment contract, and salaries are paid in UAE dirhams unless the contract agrees another currency (Article 22(1) and (3)).
This certificate states one figure: the monthly salary “inclusive of all fixed allowances”, which is the total, not the basic salary. Enter the fixed monthly total from the contract; variable pay such as overtime or commission is not covered by that wording.
The two figures are used differently. For a full-time foreign worker, for example, the end-of-service gratuity is calculated on the basic wage (Article 51(2)). Recipients usually ask for the total monthly salary; some also want the basic salary shown separately. If a recipient asks for both, download the DOCX and add the basic salary and the allowances before signing, or attach a payslip, which shows the breakdown.
PDF or DOCX, Logo and Bulk
PDF is the finished letter, ready to print, sign and stamp. DOCX is the same letter as an editable Word document, for a company that adds its own wording, a salary breakdown or a reference number before signing. Both are built from the same text, and the choice of format is remembered on this device.
Logo: upload a PNG or JPG of up to 2 MB and at least 50×50 pixels; it is scaled to fit 60×25 mm on the letterhead. A company without a logo can draft one with the Logo Generator and apply it here.
What is remembered: the company, signatory and footer details and the logo are saved in this browser, so next month’s certificate starts with them. The employee’s details and the recipient are not saved. The Clear button removes everything, including the logo.
Where the letter is made: Generate sends the details, including the passport number and Emirates ID, to our document service, which builds the file and returns it. The certificate is not stored on our servers; the Privacy Notice has the details.
Bulk from CSV, under the form: download the CSV template, fill in one row per employee (title, name, nationality, passport or Emirates ID, start date, monthly salary, designation and, optionally, the recipient), and the page makes one certificate per row, in the format chosen, and downloads them as one ZIP. Up to 50 rows per file; the document service accepts 100 documents of each kind per device per day.
Salary Certificate, Experience Certificate and Payslip
A salary certificate confirms current employment and pay to a third party while the employee is still employed. The Labour Law does not mention it, and no UAE law prescribes its form.
An experience certificate is the one the law requires. Article 13(11) of the Decree-Law obliges the employer to give it, free of charge, at the worker’s request when the employment contract ends. It states the date the work began and the date it ended, the whole period of service, the job title or type of work, the last wage and the reason the contract ended, and it may not contain anything that harms the worker’s reputation or limits their chances of finding new work.
A payslip is the statement of one month’s pay: the basic salary, each allowance, overtime, deductions and the net amount paid. It shows the breakdown that a salary certificate does not, and some recipients ask for recent payslips together with the certificate.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a salary certificate required by UAE law?
No. Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, its Implementing Regulation and the Wage Protection System resolution do not mention a salary certificate, and no law prescribes its form. It is the employer’s own confirmation, and the employer who signs it is responsible for what it says. The certificate the law does require is the experience certificate at the end of the contract (Article 13(11)).
What is the format of a salary certificate in the UAE?
A letter on the company’s letterhead, dated and addressed to the recipient, that confirms the employee’s name, passport or Emirates ID number, position, start date and monthly salary, signed and usually stamped by the company. The sample on this page is the exact text the page produces.
Should the certificate show the basic salary or the total salary?
This page prints the total monthly salary, inclusive of all fixed allowances. The basic salary is the contract wage without allowances (Article 1). If a recipient asks for both figures, download the DOCX and add the basic salary and the allowances before signing.
Can I get the salary certificate in Arabic?
No. The certificate is issued in English in every language version of this site, as PDF or DOCX. If a recipient needs an Arabic letter, the company has to prepare that text itself, for example starting from the DOCX.
Who signs a salary certificate?
A person the company authorises, for example the HR manager. The signatory’s name, title and phone are optional here: filled in, they print under the signature; left blank, the space stays empty for a handwritten name.
Are the employee’s details stored?
Not on our servers. The details are sent to our document service only to build the file, which is returned to you and not stored. In your browser, the company, signatory and footer details and the logo are saved for next time; the employee’s details and the recipient are not.
Can I make certificates for several employees at once?
Yes. Bulk from CSV, under the form, takes up to 50 rows per file and returns one certificate per employee in a ZIP, in the format you chose. The company, logo, signatory and footer come from the page; the recipient can be set per row or taken from the page.
Sources
Last reviewed: 2026-09-27
- UAE Legislation: Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 (Articles 1, 13, 22 and 51)
- MOHRE: Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, as amended (consolidated English text, PDF)
- UAE Legislation: Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022 (Implementing Regulation)
- MOHRE: Ministerial Resolution No. 340 of 2026 on the Wage Protection System (PDF)
Disclaimer
* A letter template filled with your figures, not legal advice. No UAE law prescribes the form of a salary certificate; its wage terms follow the Labour Law’s definitions, and the employer who signs it is responsible for its content. 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.