Employer of Record in Chile

What it costs and what the law requires to employ someone in Chile through an EOR, with every figure cited to a primary source.

Best fits

Best EOR providers for one employee in Chile

Ranked the way Get matched ranks a hire: employing through its own entity in Chile, 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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Hiring demand

Remote jobs open only to people in Chile

Companies hiring remotely for a role that must be based in Chile need someone employed there. Without an entity of their own in Chile, an employer of record is how they do it.

Companies hiring full-time
58↗
Contract roles
43↗

Chile ranks #44 of 177 countries↗ for full-time remote jobs open only to its residents. Most hired fields: Developer, Sales, Data Science.

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.

Cost of employment

What an employer pays in Chile

The statutory employer contributions that sit on top of gross salary, each cited.

Rates are the statutory employer contributions; the total employer burden in Chile is ~6.8% from August 2026 pay: employer pension contribution 3.5% (including the SIS disability and survivorship insurance; Law 21.735), unemployment insurance 2.4% (indefinite contracts) or 3% (fixed-term), and work-accident insurance 0.9% plus a risk-based add-on of up to 3.4%↗. Confirm the current rates for your case before hiring. Compare employer costs in every country. Compare employer pension contributions in every country.

Total cost

What an EOR really costs in Chile

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 Chile through an EOR is their gross salary, plus ~6.8% from August 2026 pay: employer pension contribution 3.5% (including the SIS disability and survivorship insurance; Law 21.735), unemployment insurance 2.4% (indefinite contracts) or 3% (fixed-term), and work-accident insurance 0.9% plus a risk-based add-on of up to 3.4%↗ 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.

Flat-rate illustration at a $100,000↗ salary
Gross salary
$100,000↗
Employer statutory contributions (~6.8%↗)
$6,800
EOR service fee (median $349/mo)
$4,188
Illustrative annual budget
$110,988

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.

Providers

EOR providers that employ in Chile

Each provider below names Chile on its own website as a country where it offers Employer of Record. Cheapest published starting fee first.

40 providers name Chile on their own websites as a country where they offer EOR. Published starting fees among them run from $99 /mo↗ (Native Teams and RecruitGo (Emerhub Group)) to $699 /mo↗ (Oyster HR and Safeguard Global); 11 quote Chile on request. 4 of them say they employ here through their own entity.

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Before you sign with one of them: the questions worth asking each provider. Already employing someone in Chile through an employer of record? Check what you pay against these fees.

A listing is the provider's own statement that it can employ in Chile, read on its site on Nov 9, 2026. Fees are each provider's cheapest published rate, not a quote for Chile. 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 Chile on its own site is not shown here, even where it may serve it. Confirm availability for your role and contract type before signing.

Employment law

Statutory rules in Chile

The employment terms an employer must meet, each linked to the source that states it.

Paying someone in Chile as a contractor instead? The law looks at how the work runs, not at what the contract calls it. Check whether the role is employment.

Hiring

How to hire in Chile

Two ways to put someone on payroll here.

Use an employer of record

An EOR already has an entity in Chile and employs your worker on your behalf, handling payroll, tax and the statutory terms above. Fastest way to hire without incorporating.

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Economy

Chile at a glance

World Bank indicators (2025) for context on the labour market.

GNI per capita (Atlas method)
$16,960↗
GDP per capita
$17,995↗
GDP (current US$)
$357.4B↗
GDP growth
2.5%↗
Inflation, consumer prices
4.2%↗
Population, total
19.9M↗
Population ages 15-64
68.9%↗
Urban population
89.2%↗
Labour force, total
10.3M↗
Labour force participation rate
62.3%↗
Female labour participation rate
52.9%↗
Male labour participation rate
71.9%↗
Unemployment rate
9%↗
Wage & salaried workers
76.1%↗
Self-employed
23.9%↗
Questions

Hiring in Chile: FAQ

How much does it cost to employ someone in Chile?

On top of gross salary, mandatory employer contributions in Chile run ~6.8% from August 2026 pay: employer pension contribution 3.5% (including the SIS disability and survivorship insurance; Law 21.735), unemployment insurance 2.4% (indefinite contracts) or 3% (fixed-term), and work-accident insurance 0.9% plus a risk-based add-on of up to 3.4%↗, made up of employer pension contribution 3.5% (from Aug 2026, incl. SIS)↗; unemployment insurance 2.4%↗; work accident insurance 0.9% + up to 3.4% (risk-based)↗. 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.

What does an EOR charge to employ someone in Chile?

EOR service fees are billed per employee per month, on top of salary and statutory employer contributions in Chile. The contribution basis is ~6.8% from August 2026 pay: employer pension contribution 3.5% (including the SIS disability and survivorship insurance; Law 21.735), unemployment insurance 2.4% (indefinite contracts) or 3% (fixed-term), and work-accident insurance 0.9% plus a risk-based add-on of up to 3.4%↗. Providers rarely publish a Chile-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 Chile for an exact figure.

How much paid annual leave is mandatory in Chile?

Statutory paid annual leave in Chile is 15 working days (dias habiles)↗.

What is the statutory notice period in Chile?

The minimum employer notice period in Chile is 30 days↗.

What is the minimum wage in Chile?

The statutory minimum wage in Chile is CLP 553,553/month↗.

What is the maximum probation period in Chile?

The maximum statutory probation period in Chile is None (only domestic workers: first 2 weeks)↗.

Which EOR providers can employ someone in Chile?

40 of the 93 providers we track name Chile on their own websites as a country where they offer Employer of Record. By published starting fee: Native Teams from $99 /mo↗, RecruitGo (Emerhub Group) from $99 /mo↗, Asanify from $199 /mo↗, Boundless from $199 /mo↗, Gloroots from $199 /mo↗, and 24 more with a published fee; 11 quote Chile on request. Each provider's listing is its own claim, so confirm availability for your role and contract type before signing.

How many companies are hiring remotely in Chile?

In the 30↗ days to Nov 11, 2026, 58 companies↗ posted 119↗ full-time remote jobs open only to people based in Chile on the Himalayas job board, plus 43↗ contract roles, which ranks Chile #44 of 177 countries↗. The most hired fields are Developer, Sales, Data Science. A company hiring this way without its own entity in Chile employs through an employer of record.

Do I need a local entity to hire an employee in Chile?

No. An employer of record (EOR) already holds a legal entity in Chile 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 Chile as a permanent establishment, whoever employs them.

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