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Employer of record in Latin America and the Caribbean

The providers that can employ your team across 22 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, ranked by how many of them each one lists on its own website, with what they charge and what each country costs an employer.

At a glance

52 of the 93 providers we track list at least one country of Latin America and the Caribbean on their own website. 2 list all 22: Rivermate and Borderless AI. Among the 29 that list at least half of them, the lowest published starting fee is $199/mo↗ (Skuad (Payoneer), Thera, Asanify, RemoFirst and 2 more), and the median of the 23 that publish one is $499/mo. Rivermate says it employs through its own entity in the most of them (11). In the last 30↗ days companies posted full-time remote jobs open only to people in one of these countries on Himalayas, most in Brazil (1,555↗), Mexico (1,149↗) and Colombia (755↗). Employer contributions run from about 6.65%↗ in Bahamas to about 36%↗ in Brazil.

Coverage

Which providers cover Latin America

Ranked by how many of the region's 22 countries each provider lists on its own website, then by the lower published fee. This ranking is never boosted; a button marked Affiliate earns us a referral fee (how that works). 15 tracked providers publish no country list we could verify and are not ranked here.

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    Rivermate
    Hybrid EOROwn entity in 11
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Countries

Every country of Latin America

How many providers list each country, the lowest published starting fee among them, and the employer contributions on top of salary. Each country page has the full rules.

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Decided changes to the statutory wage floor in Latin America

Each is already set by law, decree or the body that fixes it. On its date the country page switches to the new figure by itself. Every country's rate and decided change: minimum wage by country.

Employment rules

Employment rules across Latin America

The statutory rules that change what a hire costs and how it can end, country by country, each linked to the law or official source that states it. A country shows no value where we hold no verified figure yet.

15 of the 18 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean with a verified figure require a 13th-month salary or more by law: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Country13th-month salaryEmployer noticeMaximum probationPaid public holidays
ArgentinaMandatory (13th)↗1-2 months (by tenure; none in trial period)↗6 months (up to 8-12 by collective agreement)↗16 (12 fixed incl. 2 Carnival days + 4 movable)↗
BahamasNot verifiedNone under 6 mo; 1 week (6-12 mo); 2 weeks (1 yr+); managers 1 month↗Not verifiedNot verified
BarbadosNot verified1 wk (1-2 yrs) up to 10 wks (15+ yrs) if weekly-paid; monthly-paid 1-2.5 months; none under 1 yr↗Not verified12 national↗
BoliviaMandatory (13th)↗Not verified3 months (90 days)↗11 national↗
BrazilMandatory (13th)↗30 days + 3 days/yr (max 90)↗90 days↗10 national↗
ChileCustomary but not mandatory↗30 days↗None (only domestic workers: first 2 weeks)↗16 days↗
ColombiaMandatory (13th)↗None for employer on indefinite (30d fixed-term non-renewal)↗2 months (indefinite)↗19 days↗
Costa RicaMandatory (13th)↗1 week-1 month (by tenure)↗3 months (customary)↗12 days (9 with mandatory pay + 3 with non-mandatory pay)↗
Dominican RepublicMandatory (13th)↗7-28 days (preaviso, by tenure)↗3 months↗12 days↗
EcuadorMandatory (13th + 14th)↗None for the employer (the 15-day desahucio notice is the worker's)↗90 days↗11 days↗
El SalvadorMandatory (Aguinaldo, tenure-scaled)↗No statutory minimum notice↗1 month (30 days)↗9 fixed national + 1 local festival day↗
GuatemalaMandatory (13th + 14th)↗None statutory for employer; severance 1 month/yr if dismissed without cause↗2 months↗11 days (+ 2 half-days)↗
GuyanaNot verified2 weeks (<1 yr), 1 month (1 yr+)↗Not verified15 days/year↗
HondurasMandatory (13th + 14th)↗Up to 2 months (by tenure; 2 months at 2yr+)↗2 months (60 days)↗11 paid holidays (8 fixed dates + Holy Thursday, Friday, Saturday)↗
JamaicaNone (no statutory entitlement)↗2 wks (4wk-5yr), 4 wks (5-10yr), 6 wks (10-15yr), 8 wks (15-20yr), 12 wks (20yr+)↗3 months (90 days)↗10 national↗
MexicoMandatory (aguinaldo: min. 15 days' pay)↗None (immediate written notice of cause)↗30 days (180 days executive/technical)↗7 mandatory↗
NicaraguaMandatory (13th)↗None for employer (severance paid instead); worker gives 15 days' written notice↗1 month (30 days)↗14 days/year↗
PanamaMandatory (13th)↗30 days (workers under 2 years of service and other Art. 212 exceptions)↗3 months (only if special skill is needed; in the written contract)↗12 days (+ presidential inauguration day)↗
ParaguayMandatory (13th)↗30 days (≤1yr), 45 days (1-5yr), 60 days (5-10yr), 90 days (>10yr)↗2 months (30 days for unskilled and domestic workers)↗Not verified
PeruMandatory (13th + 14th)↗6 days (misconduct) or 30 days (capability)↗3 months (6 for skilled or trust roles, 12 for management)↗16 days↗
UruguayMandatory (13th)↗None (no statutory employer notice; severance is paid instead)↗None statutory (~30-90 days customary)↗5 paid non-working (+ workable holidays)↗
VenezuelaMandatory (13th)↗Employer: none fixed (dismissal needs cause); worker resigning: 1 week to 1 month by tenure↗No general statutory probation; 90-day cap only for promotion trials↗Not verified
Questions

Employer of record in Latin America: common questions

Which employer of record covers the most countries in Latin America?

Rivermate and Borderless AI list all 22 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on their own website, followed by Skuad (Payoneer) with 21.

What is the cheapest employer of record for Latin America?

Among the 29 providers that list at least half of the region's 22 countries, the lowest published starting fee is $199/mo↗ per employee (Skuad (Payoneer), Thera, Asanify, RemoFirst and 2 more). A starting fee is the provider's lowest advertised price; the fee for a given country can be higher, so compare quotes for the countries you hire in.

How many employer of record providers operate in Latin America?

52 of the 93 providers BestEOR.co tracks list at least one country of Latin America and the Caribbean on their own website. 15 providers publish no country list we could verify, so they are not counted here.

Which countries in Latin America require a 13th-month salary?

15 of the 18 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean with a verified figure require a 13th-month salary or more by law: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela. An extra-month salary raises the annual cost of a hire by about a twelfth on top of the monthly salary.

Where in Latin America are employer costs lowest?

Of the 22 countries with a representative percentage rate, employer contributions are lowest in Bahamas (about 6.65%↗) and highest in Brazil (about 36%↗), on top of salary.

Other regions

Country lists are read from each provider's own website; fees are each provider's published starting fee per employee per month (methodology).