🧮 Total Cost Calculator
Get the full Year-1 cost of hiring a maid in the UAE. Salary bands and fee ranges come from our 2026 UAE cost breakdown, which puts a typical all-in first year at AED 23,000–44,000. Your own total lands below that with a lower-salary nationality, or above it with self-sponsorship.
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Market range: AED 1600–2200/mo — same figures as our salary calculator
Paid upfront in year 1. Tadbeer packages run ~8,500–14,000 and usually already bundle visa, medical, Emirates ID and insurance — self-sponsorship runs ~15,000–22,000.
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Your Year-1 Cost
Year 2 onwards is roughly: salary × 12 + insurance ≈ AED 24,000
⚠️ Don’t forget Year 2+ obligations:
- • End-of-service gratuity — 14 days’ salary per year of service (FDL 9/2022 Art. 19). The private-sector formula does not apply to domestic workers.
- • Return air ticket at contract end
- • Visa renewal fees (~AED 3,000–5,500 every 2 years)
- • Annual medical re-test
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