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Nitaqat 2026 band calculator

The 2026 Nitaqat phase removed the Yellow buffer band and now gates Saudization counting on Qiwa-documented contracts and a salary floor. This estimates your effective, weighted band so you can see the exposure the headline ratio hides — per EY/KPMG advisories, and indicative only.

Your numbers

Your numbers

Whole numbers only. Everything stays in your browser until you ask for the report.

Everyone on the establishment's payroll.

Saudi nationals on payroll (before weighting).

Counted as Saudi. Must sit within your non-Saudi headcount.

Below the 2026 wage floor — each counts as 0.5.

Each counts as 4 toward Saudization.

Invisible to Nitaqat until documented — each counts as 0.

Establishment-wide documented contracts, 0–100%.

What changed in 2026

New Mutawar phase, 2026–2028

A new three-year Nitaqat Mutawar phase targets 340,000+ localized jobs, so required rates rise on schedule.

Official — HRSD

Qiwa documentation gates counting

Establishment documentation targets moved to 85% (30 Apr 2026) then 90% (30 Jun 2026); undocumented Saudis stop counting.

Official — SPA

Salary weighting and 0.5 counting

Saudis paid under SAR 4,000/mo count as half a person; disability counts as four. Verify role-by-role on Qiwa.

Reported — specialist advisories

Read: what your HR system now has to trackSaudization compliance software