Hiring in Argentina through an Employer of Record
An Argentine employer pays social security contributions on top of salary, set by ARCA, the federal revenue agency. This is the rate for large firms in services or commerce, which is what an Employer of Record's local company usually is.
Employing someone in Argentina through an Employer of Record costs 13 monthly salaries a year rather than twelve, as the law requires, plus 20.4 percent employer contributions, plus the vendor's own monthly fee, the lowest published being from $199 from RemoFirst. The charges were read from afip.gob.ar, last on .
What does an employer pay on top of salary in Argentina?
- 20.4% Employer contributions
Each charge, and what it is for
- Employer contributions: 20.4 percent of gross pay, for large services or commerce firms.
- Minimum wage: 398,800 ARS a month for full-time work, raised in monthly steps by the national wage council.
Salaries a year: 13, not twelve. The law requires an extra payment of a month's pay, which it calls sueldo anual complementario
(read from the law).
This figure is in ARS, and the calculator below works in US dollars, so it does not apply it. Converting would need an exchange rate this site has not sourced.
Smaller firms with an SME certificate pay a lower rate. The employer's health scheme contribution and work-risk insurance are left out, so the real cost is higher.
What does one employee in Argentina cost a year?
Salary plus the charges above plus the vendor's published monthly fee, for twelve months. The extra salaries the law requires are added at face value; any employer charges on them are not. "At least" marks a vendor whose published fee is a starting price. Not included: benefits and currency conversion fees.
Vendor fees used
Atlas HXM from $599, Deel from $599, G-P from $599, Multiplier from $459, Oyster $699, Pebl (Velocity Global) $399, RemoFirst from $199, Remote from $599, Remundo from $498, Rivermate from $349, Skuad from $199, Slasify from $250, Teamed from $599. Not published: Rippling.
Where these numbers come from
- Employer contributions on afip.gob.ar read
- Each vendor's own pricing page, linked from its name above.