EOR Pricing Index 2026: Employer of Record Fees and Employer Costs in 184 Countries
Published EOR prices from 29 providers, each read on the provider's own pricing page. Employer costs on top of salary for all 184 countries in our calculator, plus fee ranges for the 37 countries where we rank providers.
Key findings
The main figures from this edition. Each one copies with its source line.
The highest published EOR starting price (USD 699, Oyster HR) is seven times the lowest (USD 99, Native Teams) across the 24 providers that publish one.
Five of the 29 EOR providers we track publish no EOR price and quote only on request: G-P, Rippling, Safeguard Global, Employment Hero and Ontop.
Only 5 of the 29 providers say how large their security deposit is. Playroll, Teamed and Lano ask for about one month of salary, Plane for one month of payroll plus employer taxes, and WorkMotion ties it to the notice period.
Ten of the 29 providers say on their own pages that there is no minimum contract term. Rivermate sets a 12-month initial term, and WorkMotion charges at least three monthly fees per employee.
Statutory employer costs add 62% on top of salary in Brazil and 2% in Romania, a far bigger swing than any difference in EOR fees.
29 of the 184 countries in our dataset require a 13th month salary or an equivalent annual bonus by law.
Employer cost by region
Median statutory cost added on top of gross salary in each region, with the heaviest and lightest market. "Lightest modelled" uses only countries we model line by line, so a blended estimate never sets the floor.
What EOR providers charge
The monthly EOR price per employee as each provider publishes it, checked on the provider's own pricing page. Sorted from lowest to highest starting price. Bars run on one scale from $0 to $800; the lighter part shows the top of a published range.
Starting prices before discounts, VAT and employer costs, in the currency each provider publishes. Euro and pound prices are converted at ECB reference rates for 23 Oct 2026 (USD 1.1193 and GBP 0.83728 per euro). Multiplier shows $459 billed annually and $499 monthly; the median uses the monthly price. Native Teams lists $99 on its pricing page and €99 in its help centre. Papaya Global shows $650, or €650 in Europe, to some regions. Plane adds a partner markup it does not size. Remote People's $199 tier bills monthly; its $399 tier is for teams of five or more billed annually. RemoFirst, Multiplier, Rivermate, Atlas HXM, INS Global, Remote People, Native Teams and Papaya Global say the final fee can vary by country or salary. Provider names link to our full reviews.
EOR fees by country
For every country where we rank EOR providers: how many providers we rank, the range and median of their published starting prices, the share that quote only, and the employer cost you pay on top of salary. The dot marks the median.
Fee figures use the published starting prices in the provider table above, matched to the providers we rank in each country. Smaller providers whose prices we have not verified for this edition count toward "Ranked" but not toward the fee figures. Most providers publish one global starting price, so country differences mostly reflect which providers operate there. Ask for a written quote before you budget.
Employer cost on top of salary, by country
Statutory employer contributions plus mandatory extras such as 13th month pay and funded severance, as a share of gross salary at a typical mid-level wage. Contribution ceilings are already applied. EOR fees are not included here.
Heaviest 12
Lightest 12
Charts use the 46 countries we model contribution by contribution. The table below covers all 184.
All 184 countries
"est" marks a single blended rate rather than a line-by-line model, so confirm it against a provider quote. Cost multiple is gross salary plus employer cost plus the $499 median published EOR price, on a $5,000 monthly salary. Nationality matters in a few markets: Singapore, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia show the foreign national rate, which is the usual EOR case. Sources are national social security and revenue authorities, cross-checked against OECD Taxing Wages. Price a specific salary in the cost calculator.
13th month pay, severance funds and other mandatory extras
Payments most budgets miss because they sit outside the monthly contribution rate. Every country in the dataset that carries one, grouped by type and ordered by total employer cost.
An extra month's salary each year, usually paid mid-year and in December.
Two extra salaries a year, so annual pay is 14 times monthly pay.
Not required by law but expected in offers. Budget for it to stay competitive.
The employer sets money aside every month from day one, not only at exit.
A lump sum owed at exit based on length of service, accrued while employed.
Contribution ceilings: why senior hires cost less than the headline rate
Most countries stop charging some employer contributions above an income cap. A calculator that applies one flat rate overstates the cost of senior hires.
Our employer cost figures already apply every ceiling line by line at a typical mid-level salary. See a €150,000 German hire in the calculator.
True cost of a hire through an EOR
One employee on $5,000 a month gross: salary, plus that country's employer cost, plus the $499 median published EOR price. The multiple is the figure finance teams ask for. Every country's multiple is in the full table above.
Grey is salary, dark purple is employer cost, light purple is the EOR fee. VAT on the fee and currency margin are excluded. Run your own salary and fee in the calculator.
How EOR pricing works
Every provider in our table that publishes a price uses a flat monthly fee. Percentage pricing, usually 8% to 16% of gross salary, survives with some regional and legacy providers, and it gets expensive fast on senior salaries.
The same monthly fee whatever the salary. Easy to budget and compare across countries.
Ties your EOR cost to your hiring decisions. Can be cheaper for junior roles in low-wage markets.
EOR or your own entity: where the break-even falls
Employer contributions are identical either way, so incorporating only saves the EOR fee, and it replaces that fee with fixed overhead. Germany shows how the numbers usually land.
Two things move the line. If you might leave the market within 18 months, the EOR wins at any headcount, because winding up an entity takes months and costs money. In Brazil, China and Argentina, entity overhead runs well above these figures, which pushes break-even higher. Registering the company is rarely the slow part. In 10 of the 37 countries we checked, the registry can incorporate within a working day (Hong Kong takes about an hour online), while 13 registries, Germany's among them, publish no processing time at all. The months go on what follows: tax and employer registrations, a local bank account and payroll setup. Onboarding through an EOR usually takes one to two weeks, and our guide to EOR vs entity setup covers each step. Run the comparison for your headcount.
Price change log
Every pricing change we record: list prices, rebrands, acquisitions and exits.
Every country row now uses the 29-provider prices, matched to the providers on each country's ranking page. Argentina and Malaysia are added, so the table covers 37 countries. Most medians moved because Remote and Papaya Global were corrected.
Teamed, Plane, Gloroots, Agile HRO, WorkMotion, Lano, RemotePass, Boundless, Employment Hero and Ontop, each checked on its own pricing page. The index now tracks 29 providers, 24 of which publish a price, and the median published price moves from $429 to $499.
Remote's pricing page shows $599 per employee per month, the same as our September check. An earlier entry here recorded $699 in error.
19 providers checked on their own pricing pages (29 since 25 October), employer cost data for 184 countries, fee ranges for 35 countries.
Pebl's pricing page shows $399 per employee per month, down from $599 in our September check.
The Core plan is $459 billed annually or $499 monthly, up from $400 in our September check.
Papaya Global's pricing page shows its EOR plan from $499 per employee per month. Some regions still see $650, or €650 in Europe. Our September check recorded $650 to $770.
Oyster HR shows $699 per employee per month, with annual discounts available but not priced.
Skuad's pricing page now refers to Payoneer Workforce Management. Its EOR price is unchanged at $199.
A banner on Multiplier's pricing page offers three months free to new customers until 31 December. List prices are unchanged.
Omnipresent is now part of Deel and no longer operates as a separate EOR provider. It has been removed from this index and from every country count.
Velocity Global now trades as Pebl, and Horizons as Remote People.
How this index is built
Every figure comes from a source you can check. Where we estimate, we label it.
Read from each provider's own pricing page, never from review sites. We record the published starting price per employee per month before discounts and VAT. Providers with no public price are listed as quote only.
Each country's figures match the providers we rank there to the published prices above. Prices we have not verified for this edition are left out of the range and median.
National social security and revenue authorities, cross-checked against OECD Taxing Wages. 46 countries are modelled contribution by contribution; the rest use a blended rate marked "est".
Sponsored placements elsewhere on the site are labelled and have no effect on this data. Corrections backed by a source are checked and applied, and logged above.
Excluded by design: employee income tax, work permits and visas, equipment, collective agreements above statute, statutory profit sharing such as Mexican PTU, and experience-rated accident premiums. Read our full editorial guidelines.
Spotted a price that has changed?
If a rate or price here disagrees with your invoice or a provider's current page, send us the source and we will check it and log the change.
EOR pricing questions
How much does an employer of record cost per employee?
Among the 29 EOR providers we track, 24 publish a starting price, from $99 to $699 per employee per month, with a median of $499. Statutory employer costs come on top of that, from almost nothing to 62% of gross salary depending on the country.
Do EOR prices vary by country?
Most providers publish one global starting price. RemoFirst, Multiplier, Rivermate, Atlas HXM, INS Global, Remote People, Native Teams and Papaya Global say the final fee can vary by country or salary, and providers that use local partners rather than their own entity often charge more in complex markets. The bigger country difference is the employer cost you pay on top of the fee.
Which countries are most expensive to employ in?
By employer cost on top of salary, Brazil, Spain, Colombia, Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Italy and Portugal sit at the top, each adding 47% or more. Romania, New Zealand, Malaysia and India are among the lightest of the countries we model in full.
Which countries require a 13th month salary?
29 countries in our dataset require a 13th month salary or an equivalent annual bonus by law, including Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, Indonesia, Argentina, Italy and Belgium. Spain, Portugal, Greece and Austria pay a 14th month as well.
Are these list prices or what buyers actually pay?
List prices, as each provider publishes them. Buyers with more than five employees usually negotiate, and 20% to 40% off list is common above twenty. Annual billing typically saves a further 10% to 20%.
How do you record price changes?
Every change goes in the price change log with the date, the old price, the new price and the page we read it on. Most employer contribution rates change in January, so that is when the employer cost data moves most.