Hiring in Poland through an Employer of Record
A Polish employer pays its share of pension and disability insurance plus the Labour Fund, collected by ZUS.
On top of salary, the employer pays
- 9.76% Pension insurance
- 6.5% Disability insurance
- 2.45% Labour Fund
What the employer pays on top of salary in Poland
- Pension insurance: 9.76 percent of gross pay, the employer share.
- Disability insurance: 6.5 percent of gross pay, the employer share.
- Labour Fund: 2.45 percent of gross pay, paid by the employer alone.
Pension and disability stop above a yearly cap. Accident insurance, the wage guarantee fund and the optional workplace pension are left out. The disability rate comes from an official ZUS guide written before this year; it is set by statute and has not changed since.
Yearly cost of one employee in Poland, 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, RemoFirst $199, Remote $699, Skuad $199, Velocity Global (Pebl) $399. Not published: Rippling.
Where these numbers come from
- Labour Fund on zielonalinia.gov.pl read
- Disability insurance on zus.pl read
- Each vendor's own pricing page, linked from its name above.