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Employer of record in the Middle East and North Africa
The providers that can employ your team across 13 countries of the Middle East and North Africa, 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 the Middle East and North Africa on their own website. 6 list all 13: Tarmack, Rivermate, Velocity Global (Pebl), Atlas HXM, Global Expansion and 1 more. Among the 30 that list at least half of them, the lowest published starting fee is $199/mo↗ (Tarmack, Skuad (Payoneer), Thera, Asanify and 2 more), and the median of the 24 that publish one is $479/mo. Teamed says it employs through its own entity in the most of them (4). In the last 30↗ days companies posted full-time remote jobs open only to people in one of these countries on Himalayas, most in Egypt (204↗), United Arab Emirates (169↗) and Israel (92↗). Employer contributions run from about 0%↗ in United Arab Emirates to about 21.1%↗ in Morocco.
Which providers cover the Middle East
Ranked by how many of the region's 13 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.
- 1TarmackOwned-entity EOROwn entity in 1
- 1RivermateHybrid EOROwn entity in 1
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- 1TeamedHybrid EOROwn entity in 4
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- 10Mauve GroupHybrid EOROwn entity in 2Quote only
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- 17WorkMotionHybrid EOROwn entity in 1
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- 22FMC GroupHybrid EOROwn entity in 2Quote only
- 24GlorootsHybrid EOROwn entity in 2
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- 24MultiplierOwned-entity EOROwn entity in 2VisitAffiliate
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- 43e-square Global PartnersOwned-entity EOROwn entity in 2Quote only
- 46RecruitGo (Emerhub Group)Hybrid EOROwn entity in 1
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Every country of the Middle East
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.
Decided changes to the statutory wage floor in the Middle East
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 across the Middle East
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.
None of the 6 countries of the Middle East and North Africa with a verified figure requires a 13th-month salary or more by law.
Employer of record in the Middle East: common questions
Which employer of record covers the most countries in the Middle East?
Tarmack, Rivermate, Velocity Global (Pebl), Atlas HXM, Global Expansion and Teamed list all 13 countries of the Middle East and North Africa on their own website, followed by Skuad (Payoneer) with 12.
What is the cheapest employer of record for the Middle East?
Among the 30 providers that list at least half of the region's 13 countries, the lowest published starting fee is $199/mo↗ per employee (Tarmack, Skuad (Payoneer), Thera, Asanify 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 the Middle East?
52 of the 93 providers BestEOR.co tracks list at least one country of the Middle East and North Africa on their own website. 15 providers publish no country list we could verify, so they are not counted here.
Which countries in the Middle East require a 13th-month salary?
None of the 6 countries of the Middle East and North Africa with a verified figure requires a 13th-month salary or more by law. An extra-month salary raises the annual cost of a hire by about a twelfth on top of the monthly salary.
Where in the Middle East are employer costs lowest?
Of the 13 countries with a representative percentage rate, employer contributions are lowest in United Arab Emirates (about 0%↗) and highest in Morocco (about 21.1%↗), 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).