What it costs and what the law requires to employ someone in Australia through an EOR, with every figure cited to a primary source.
To employ someone in Australia, an employer pays 12% Superannuation Guarantee (final rate from 1 July 2025); state payroll tax ~4.75-6.85% applies only above state wage thresholds↗ in mandatory contributions on top of gross salary, must give 4 weeks (20 days)↗ of paid annual leave, and 1-4 weeks (+1 wk if 45+ & 2yr)↗ of notice to terminate. An EOR lets you hire here without your own legal entity.
Every figure links to the page that states it. This page's figures were read at their sources between Aug 18, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, and every cited page is checked again each week (how we verify).
Ranked the way Get matched ranks a hire: employing through its own entity in Australia, a lower published fee and no deposit, each read from the provider's own pages. A provider whose referral program pays us carries a labeled referral boost, and the few providers we do not work with are listed below, never among these three.
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Companies hiring remotely for a role that must be based in Australia need someone employed there. Without an entity of their own in Australia, an employer of record is how they do it.
Australia ranks #13 of 177 countries↗ for full-time remote jobs open only to its residents. Most hired fields: Developer, Sales, Operations.
Counted daily from job postings on Himalayas, a remote job board: a job counts for a country when it accepts applicants based only there. Counting began Oct 29, 2026; a job posted before then counts if it was still open that day. Last updated Nov 11, 2026.
The statutory employer contributions that sit on top of gross salary, each cited.
Rates are the statutory employer contributions; the total employer burden in Australia is 12% Superannuation Guarantee (final rate from 1 July 2025); state payroll tax ~4.75-6.85% applies only above state wage thresholds↗. Confirm the current rates for your case before hiring. Compare employer costs in every country. Compare employer pension contributions in every country.
The full cost to employ combines gross salary, the statutory employer burden, and the EOR provider's own service fee.
The total cost to employ someone in Australia through an EOR is their gross salary, plus 12% Superannuation Guarantee (final rate from 1 July 2025); state payroll tax ~4.75-6.85% applies only above state wage thresholds↗ in mandatory employer contributions, plus a per-employee service fee from the provider. Across the 56 of 93 providers that publish a fee, the median is $349/employee/month (from $99 to $740); the rest quote per country.
This illustration applies the representative rate to the full salary. It does not apply contribution caps, local-currency thresholds or employee eligibility rules, so it is not a payroll quote. Actual cost depends on the salary, the provider, and country-specific quotes; some countries also add mandatory items such as 13th-month pay or severance accruals. Run your own numbers in the calculator.
Each provider below names Australia on its own website as a country where it offers Employer of Record. Cheapest published starting fee first.
50 providers name Australia on their own websites as a country where they offer EOR. Published starting fees among them run from $99 /mo↗ (Native Teams) to $699 /mo↗ (Oyster HR and Safeguard Global); 15 quote Australia on request. 6 of them say they employ here through their own entity.
Setting up your own company in Australia instead? The usual form is a Pty Ltd (proprietary company). Minimum share capital: No set amount: share capital and at least 1 shareholder↗. Resident director: Yes: at least one director who normally lives in Australia↗. EOR or your own entity: everything it takes, each from its official source.
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A listing is the provider's own statement that it can employ in Australia, read on its site on Nov 9, 2026. Fees are each provider's cheapest published rate, not a quote for Australia. We read the country lists and country pages of all 93 providers we track; 78 name the countries they serve, and a provider that does not name Australia on its own site is not shown here, even where it may serve it. Confirm availability for your role and contract type before signing.
The employment terms an employer must meet, each linked to the source that states it.
Paying someone in Australia as a contractor instead? Since 2024 the real substance and practical reality of the relationship decide, not the written contract, and calling an employee a contractor is a separate offence. Check whether the role is employment, or read how Australia decides and what misclassification costs.
Two ways to put someone on payroll here.
An EOR already has an entity in Australia and employs your worker on your behalf, handling payroll, tax and the statutory terms above. Fastest way to hire without incorporating.
Compare EOR providersAdd the 12% Superannuation Guarantee (final rate from 1 July 2025); state payroll tax ~4.75-6.85% applies only above state wage thresholds↗ employer burden to salary and an EOR service fee to see your true monthly cost to employ in Australia.
Open the cost calculatorOn top of gross salary, mandatory employer contributions in Australia run 12% Superannuation Guarantee (final rate from 1 July 2025); state payroll tax ~4.75-6.85% applies only above state wage thresholds↗, made up of Superannuation Guarantee 12% (on earnings up to A$270,830 a year in 2026-27)↗. An employer of record adds its own per-employee service fee on top; across the 56 of 93 providers that publish a fee, the median is $349 per employee per month.
EOR service fees are billed per employee per month, on top of salary and statutory employer contributions in Australia. The contribution basis is 12% Superannuation Guarantee (final rate from 1 July 2025); state payroll tax ~4.75-6.85% applies only above state wage thresholds↗. Providers rarely publish a Australia-specific fee: across the 56 providers on our price board that publish a price, the median is $349 per employee per month (from $99 to $740), and the rest quote per country. Request a quote for Australia for an exact figure.
Statutory paid annual leave in Australia is 4 weeks (20 days)↗.
The minimum employer notice period in Australia is 1-4 weeks (+1 wk if 45+ & 2yr)↗.
The statutory minimum wage in Australia is A$26.44/hour (from 1 Jul 2026)↗.
The maximum statutory probation period in Australia is No statutory maximum; typically 3-6 months (unfair dismissal minimum employment period 6 months, 12 for small business)↗.
50 of the 93 providers we track name Australia on their own websites as a country where they offer Employer of Record. By published starting fee: Native Teams from $99 /mo↗, Asanify from $199 /mo↗, Boundless from $199 /mo↗, Gloroots from $199 /mo↗, RemoFirst from $199 /mo↗, and 30 more with a published fee; 15 quote Australia on request. Each provider's listing is its own claim, so confirm availability for your role and contract type before signing.
In the 30↗ days to Nov 11, 2026, 290 companies↗ posted 608↗ full-time remote jobs open only to people based in Australia on the Himalayas job board, plus 264↗ contract roles, which ranks Australia #13 of 177 countries↗. The most hired fields are Developer, Sales, Operations. A company hiring this way without its own entity in Australia employs through an employer of record.
No. An employer of record (EOR) already holds a legal entity in Australia and can employ your worker there on your behalf, running local payroll, tax and compliance, so you can hire without setting up your own entity. That settles the employment side only: what the person does for your company (signing or negotiating its contracts, running a sales team, working from one place for most of the year) can still make your company taxable in Australia as a permanent establishment, whoever employs them.
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