Hiring in Belgium through an Employer of Record
A Belgian employer pays social security contributions on top of salary, collected by the national social security office.
On top of salary, the employer pays
- 25% Employer social security
What the employer pays on top of salary in Belgium
- Employer social security: 25 percent of gross pay, for private companies run for profit.
Structural reductions lower the effective rate on low wages. Non-profits and the public sector pay differently, manual workers carry an extra holiday pay levy, and larger employers pay small additional levies.
Yearly cost of one employee in Belgium, 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
- Employer social security on socialsecurity.be read
- Each vendor's own pricing page, linked from its name above.