Employer of Record costs: provider fees and employer costs in 15 countries
Published Employer of Record service fees in our dataset range from $99 to $699 per employee per month across 13 providers with public prices. The hiring country's employer costs are additional; a published starting fee is not a quote for your case.
An employer pays more than the salary. This site sets out how much more, for 13 supported country models: from 6.5% of the gross salary in Canada to 50.9% in Brazil.
The addition is statutory employer contributions, mandatory extra months of pay, and in some countries a severance accrual. Each supported country uses its documented assumptions; India and Mexico have no combined estimate from annual gross alone. Every published rate carries its source and check date, labeled statutory where it is the agency's own page and payroll reference where it is not.
An EOR budget has two separate layers: the provider's service fee and the employer costs required in the hiring country. Compare published EOR fees below, then add the statutory costs for your salary and country.
How much does an Employer of Record cost?
These are published provider prices, not guaranteed quotes; 1 provider quotes on request. The service fee is only one layer of the budget. Statutory employer costs are charged on top and vary with the hiring country and salary.
| Provider | Published EOR fee | Price and billing basis | Checked | Provider site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native Teams | $99 / employee / month | starting price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See Native Teams EOR pricing |
| RemoFirst | $199 / employee / month | starting price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See RemoFirst EOR pricing |
| Payoneer Workforce Management (formerly Skuad) | $199 / employee / month | starting price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See Payoneer Workforce Management (formerly Skuad) EOR pricing |
| RemotePeople (formerly Horizons) | $199 / employee / month | starting price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See RemotePeople (formerly Horizons) EOR pricing |
| Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) | $399 / employee / month | starting price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See Pebl (formerly Velocity Global) EOR pricing |
| Playroll | $399 / employee / month | starting price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See Playroll EOR pricing |
| Multiplier | $499 / employee / month | starting price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See Multiplier EOR pricing |
| Papaya Global | $499 / employee / month | starting price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See Papaya Global EOR pricing |
| Deel | $599 / employee / month | list price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See Deel EOR pricing |
| Globalization Partners (G-P) | $599 / employee / month | starting price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See Globalization Partners (G-P) EOR pricing |
| Atlas | $599 / employee / month | starting price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See Atlas EOR pricing |
| Remote | $699 / employee / month | list price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See Remote EOR pricing |
| Oyster HR | $699 / employee / month | list price, monthly billing | checked 2026-10-12 | See Oyster HR EOR pricing |
| Rippling EOR | Quote required | quote only | checked 2026-10-12 | See Rippling EOR pricing |
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Choose a provider after checking the full budget. Shortlist the EOR fees above, calculate the employer costs for your country and salary, then check each provider's billing basis, coverage and quote. A lower advertised starting fee does not establish a lower total cost.
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| Country | Employer cost, mid salary (%) | Employer cost, senior salary (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 50.9% | 50.9% |
| Spain | 48.1% | 33.1% |
| Portugal | 44.4% | 44.4% |
| France | 35.6% | 32.1% |
| Netherlands | 26.0% | 19.0% |
| Germany | 21.3% | 15.2% |
| Poland | 20.5% | 17.0% |
| United Kingdom | 16.0% | 15.5% |
| Philippines | 14.6% | 11.4% |
| Australia | 12.0% | 12.0% |
| Ireland | 11.4% | 11.4% |
| United States | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Canada | 6.5% | 3.3% |
| India | Not ranked: a reliable combined estimate requires local wage-base and coverage inputs. | |
| Mexico | Not ranked: a reliable combined estimate requires local wage-base and coverage inputs. | |
Numeric rankings and ceiling-effect comparisons cover supported models only. India, Mexico remain listed with no calculated total or percentage; missing inputs are not treated as zero.
Nothing is scored and nothing is weighted. The formula is on one page.
Start here
- Put your own salary and country into the calculator — it runs in your browser and sends nothing anywhere.
- What an employer of record charges — 13 of 14 providers publish a price; the rest quote on request.
- What the number leaves out — read this before you budget from anything here.
- Two groups under Reading below: provider against provider, for Deel, Remote, RemoFirst, Oyster and Multiplier side by side, and EOR fee plus employer cost, by country, for Germany, the UK, India and Mexico.
- What changed — 17 entries across 6 providers and 8 countries, latest in October 2026; every one keeps the old value.
- Method — the formula, the sources, and what we refuse to estimate.
Reading
What an employer of record is, and when to use one
- What does an employer of record actually take off your hands?
- Is a PEO just the American version of an employer of record?
- If you already have a local entity, what does an EOR give you that payroll doesn't?
- How do you get someone working for you in a country where your company has no entity?
- When is an employer of record the right call, and when are you paying for something you don't need?
- When you work with someone abroad through a platform, who signs with them and who carries the risk?
- If a staffing agency and an EOR both employ the worker, what's the difference?
- Is hiring through an EOR a form of outsourcing?
- Is EOR software something you can buy on its own?
- When does a local entity cost less than an employer of record?
- Contractor or employee: which costs should you compare before hiring?
- What types of service appear on EOR pricing pages?
Fees, quotes and the total cost
- What does an EOR's monthly fee actually pay for?
- Do EOR providers charge a flat fee or a percentage of salary?
- Is the price on an EOR pricing page the price you'll actually pay?
- What does an EOR charge you on top of the monthly fee?
- How do you add up what one EOR hire really costs in a year?
- If the big EOR providers charge about the same, what actually separates them?
- Which EOR providers publish a price, and what does it include?
- Can a country contribution rate tell you where hiring is cheapest?
- What can you verify from an EOR pricing page alone, and what has to wait for the quote?
Provider against provider
- Deel or Remote for one hire: how much do fees, deposits, and payroll cutoffs change the cost?
- Is Deel worth $400 more per month than RemoFirst?
- Why can Remote and Oyster cost different amounts at $699 a month?
- Is Multiplier really $100 a month cheaper than Deel?
- Is Oyster’s $699 EOR fee worth the extra cost over RemoFirst’s $199 starting price?
- How do Native Teams’ $99 and RemoFirst’s $199 EOR starting prices compare?
- G-P and Deel both say $599. Why isn't that the same price?
- Papaya Global and Multiplier advertise $499. What will your EOR quote include?
- Skuad and RemoFirst both start at $199. What tells them apart?
- How do you compare Rippling's EOR quote with Deel's $599 fee?
- RemotePeople (formerly Horizons) and Skuad both start at $199. How do their terms differ?
- Atlas and G-P both start at $599: what should each EOR quote include?
- Playroll and Pebl both advertise EOR at $399: what should you compare?
Providers one by one
- What does Deel's EOR cost once you look past the $599?
- Can you pay Remote less than $699 a month, and what's the catch?
- How do you compare a Rippling EOR quote with published prices?
- What does Multiplier's EOR cost, and what do you get for the extra $60 on Growth?
- What are you actually paying for when Atlas advertises EOR at $599 a month?
- Who actually employs your hire through Hire with Columbus, from $179 a month?
- What does RemoFirst's $199 EOR fee include?
- What do you pay before and beyond Oyster's $699 EOR fee?
- Does Papaya Global's EOR cost $499 or $599 per employee per month?
- What does G-P's EOR starting price of $599 include?
- What does Skuad's $199 EOR include, and what does the volume discount do to it?
- What does Playroll's $399 EOR starting fee mean for upfront cash?
- Is Native Teams' $99 EOR price the full cost of a hire?
- What does RemotePeople's $399 EOR Plus plan add to $199 Flex?
- What does Pebl, formerly Velocity Global, charge for EOR?
Alternatives
- Which EOR alternatives publish fees below Deel's $599 per month?
- Which alternatives publish EOR fees below Remote's $699 monthly rate?
- Which RemoFirst alternatives should you compare with its $199 starting fee?
- If the deposit is why you want an Oyster alternative, where do you go?
- If Rippling only quotes its EOR, which providers publish a price instead?
EOR fee plus employer cost, by country
- How much does a €60,000 hire in Germany cost before the EOR fee?
- How much does a £55,000 UK hire cost before the EOR fee in 2026–27?
- What should an India EOR quote include after the 2026 EPFO ceiling change?
- How should a Mexico EOR quote calculate aguinaldo, vacation premium and IMSS?
- What should a Brazil EOR quote add to a R$180,000 salary?
- Why does a Canada EOR hire at C$190,000 have the same CPP and EI cost as one at C$95,000?
- What does thirteenth-month pay add to an EOR hire in the Philippines?
- Is 7.7% enough to budget for a US EOR hire?
- Why does Spain's modeled employer-cost premium fall from 48.1% to 33.1% as pay doubles?
Hiring, payroll and paying people
- How long before an EOR hire can actually start work?
- How soon can your first employee abroad start, and when is the first paycheck?
- When does an EOR need the payroll money, and what happens to a bonus approved after the cutoff?
- Why do employees in three countries need different payroll deadlines?
- If your overseas employee is paid in local currency, who absorbs the exchange-rate swings?
- Which benefits does an EOR employee have to get, and which are your call?
- Which countries require thirteenth-month or other extra salary payments?
- How do employer contribution ceilings change hiring costs in 2026?
- What documents, payments and signatures does an EOR need before day one?
- How much does switching EOR providers cost, and how many months does it take?
Contracts, compliance and risk
- If you hire through an EOR, who actually approves a raise or a firing?
- Does an employer of record take care of all the compliance when you hire abroad?
- Whose name is on the employment contract when you hire through an EOR?
- Who employs your hire in a country where the EOR has no entity of its own?
- Does "130+ countries" mean an EOR can hire in the country you need?
- Does hiring through an EOR keep you from having a permanent establishment abroad?
- If someone you hire through an EOR invents something, does your company own it?
- Is an EOR your data processor, or a controller in its own right?
- Beyond the monthly fee, what do you pay when an EOR employee leaves?
- Which EOR providers put a number on how fast support will answer?
- What happens to your employees when you move them to a different EOR?
- Who pays payroll taxes and social insurance when you hire through an EOR?
- Which EOR risks show up as money on the invoice?
Why this site exists
A salary offer leaves two budgeting questions: which employer costs apply in the hiring country, and what the EOR charges for its service. This site keeps those layers separate, shows how contribution ceilings affect the estimates, and publishes the inputs and formula so you can check the calculation. The country assumptions and exclusions matter as much as the headline percentage.