Hiring in Austria through an Employer of Record
An Austrian employer pays its share of social insurance and a severance fund contribution on top of salary.
On top of salary, the employer pays
- 20.98% Social insurance, employer share
- 1.53% Severance fund
This is a floor, not the full cost: major employer charges in Austria are left out, as explained below.
What the employer pays on top of salary in Austria
- Social insurance, employer share: 20.98 percent of gross pay up to a monthly ceiling.
- Severance fund: 1.53 percent of gross pay, paid by the employer alone.
The family fund levy and the municipal payroll tax, together several percent more, are left out because official pages state them only in words.
Yearly cost of one employee in Austria, by vendor
Salary plus the charges above plus the vendor's published monthly fee, for twelve months. Not included: benefits and currency conversion fees.
Vendor fees used
Atlas HXM $599, Deel $599, G-P $599, Multiplier $459, Oyster $699, Pebl (Velocity Global) $399, RemoFirst $199, Remote $699, Skuad $199. Not published: Rippling.
Where these numbers come from
- Social insurance, employer share on gesundheitskasse.at read
- Severance fund on sozialversicherung.gv.at read
- Each vendor's own pricing page, linked from its name above.