Countries
Employer of record costs and rules, by country
What it costs and what the law requires to employ someone in 139 countries through an employer of record: employer contributions, minimum wage, paid leave, notice, severance and probation, every figure cited to a primary source.
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Across 138 countries with representative percentage rates, employer contributions range from about 0%↗ to 42.5%↗. The comparison rates are lowest in United Arab Emirates and highest in France. Countries with fixed local-currency contributions are listed separately from percentage rankings. Each country page adds the statutory leave, notice, severance and probation rules an employer must follow, all cited.
Where companies are hiring remotely
Every countryFull-time remote jobs open only to people in one country, posted in the last 30↗ days, outside the United States (42,369↗ there). Counted daily from Himalayas job postings.
East Asia & Pacific
19 countriesProviders across Asia-PacificEurope & Central Asia
49 countriesProviders across EuropeLatin America & Caribbean
22 countriesProviders across Latin AmericaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
15 countriesProviders across Middle EastNorth America
2 countriesSouth Asia
4 countriesProviders across Asia-PacificSub-Saharan Africa
28 countriesProviders across AfricaOne rule across every country
Each employment rule and cost compared country by country, every figure linked to the law or agency that states it.
- Employer costs by countryMandatory employer contributions on top of salary, highest first.
- Minimum wage by countryThe statutory minimum in every country, with the increases already decided.
- Annual leave by countryPaid vacation days the law guarantees, on a five-day week.
- Public holidays by countryPaid public holidays a year, most first.
- Working hours by countryThe legal standard working week, longest first.
- Overtime pay by countryThe statutory overtime rate, up to double pay, highest first.
- Sick leave by countryHow long statutory sick pay lasts and who pays it.
- Maternity leave by countryPaid maternity leave in weeks, longest first.
- Paternity leave by countryPaid leave for fathers and partners, longest first.
- 13th month salary by countryWhere the law requires a 13th (or 14th) salary.
- Probation period by countryThe longest probation the law allows.
- Notice period by countryStatutory notice of termination and how it grows with service.
- Severance pay by countryStatutory severance per year of service, and where none is due.
- Employer pension by countryWhat employers must pay into pension by law, ranked by rate.
Where these numbers come from
Employer contribution rates come from official tax authorities and PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries; statutory employment terms from government labour codes, gazettes and neutral legal references; and the economic backbone from the World Bank. Every figure on a country page links to the exact source that states it.
Read the methodology