Employer of Record in Jordan

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

Best fits

Best EOR providers for one employee in Jordan

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

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

Companies hiring full-time
16↗
Contract roles
18↗

Jordan ranks #101 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 Jordan

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

Employer pension / social security
Old-age/disability/death 11%↗
Employer unemployment insurance
Unemployment 0.5%↗
Employer work-injury / accident
Work injury 2%↗
Other employer contributions
Maternity 0.75%↗

Rates are the statutory employer contributions; the total employer burden in Jordan is Social Security Corporation employer contribution 14.25% (old-age/disability/death, work-injury, maternity, unemployment); employee pays 7.5%↗. 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 Jordan

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 Jordan through an EOR is their gross salary, plus Social Security Corporation employer contribution 14.25% (old-age/disability/death, work-injury, maternity, unemployment); employee pays 7.5%↗ 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 (~14.25%↗)
$14,250
EOR service fee (median $349/mo)
$4,188
Illustrative annual budget
$118,438

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 Jordan

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

23 providers name Jordan on their own websites as a country where they offer EOR. Published starting fees among them run from $199 /mo↗ (Asanify, RemoFirst, Skuad (Payoneer) and 2 more) to $699 /mo↗ (Safeguard Global); 3 quote Jordan on request.

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Before you sign with one of them: the questions worth asking each provider. Already employing someone in Jordan 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 Jordan, read on its site on Nov 9, 2026. Fees are each provider's cheapest published rate, not a quote for Jordan. 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 Jordan 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 Jordan

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

Paying someone in Jordan 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 Jordan

Two ways to put someone on payroll here.

Use an employer of record

An EOR already has an entity in Jordan 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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Estimate the full cost

Add the Social Security Corporation employer contribution 14.25% (old-age/disability/death, work-injury, maternity, unemployment); employee pays 7.5%↗ employer burden to salary and an EOR service fee to see your true monthly cost to employ in Jordan.

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Economy

Jordan at a glance

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

GNI per capita (Atlas method)
$5,260↗
GDP per capita
$5,348↗
GDP (current US$)
$61.6B↗
GDP growth
2.8%↗
Inflation, consumer prices
1.8%↗
Population, total
11.5M↗
Population ages 15-64
65.1%↗
Urban population
93.2%↗
Labour force, total
3.2M↗
Labour force participation rate
40.1%↗
Female labour participation rate
16%↗
Male labour participation rate
62.5%↗
Unemployment rate
16.5%↗
Wage & salaried workers
88.8%↗
Self-employed
11.2%↗
Questions

Hiring in Jordan: FAQ

How much does it cost to employ someone in Jordan?

On top of gross salary, mandatory employer contributions in Jordan run Social Security Corporation employer contribution 14.25% (old-age/disability/death, work-injury, maternity, unemployment); employee pays 7.5%↗, made up of Old-age/disability/death 11%↗; unemployment 0.5%↗; work injury 2%↗; maternity 0.75%↗. 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 Jordan?

EOR service fees are billed per employee per month, on top of salary and statutory employer contributions in Jordan. The contribution basis is Social Security Corporation employer contribution 14.25% (old-age/disability/death, work-injury, maternity, unemployment); employee pays 7.5%↗. Providers rarely publish a Jordan-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 Jordan for an exact figure.

How much paid annual leave is mandatory in Jordan?

Statutory paid annual leave in Jordan is 14 working days (21 after 5 continuous years with the same employer)↗.

What is the statutory notice period in Jordan?

The minimum employer notice period in Jordan is 1 month (indefinite contract)↗.

What is the minimum wage in Jordan?

The statutory minimum wage in Jordan is JOD 290/month↗.

What is the maximum probation period in Jordan?

The maximum statutory probation period in Jordan is 3 months↗.

Which EOR providers can employ someone in Jordan?

23 of the 93 providers we track name Jordan on their own websites as a country where they offer Employer of Record. By published starting fee: Asanify from $199 /mo↗, RemoFirst from $199 /mo↗, Skuad (Payoneer) from $199 /mo↗, Tarmack from $199 /mo↗, Thera from $199 /mo↗, and 15 more with a published fee; 3 quote Jordan 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 Jordan?

In the 30↗ days to Nov 11, 2026, 16 companies↗ posted 18↗ full-time remote jobs open only to people based in Jordan on the Himalayas job board, plus 18↗ contract roles, which ranks Jordan #101 of 177 countries↗. The most hired fields are Developer, Sales, Data Science. A company hiring this way without its own entity in Jordan employs through an employer of record.

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

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

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