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.
Employing someone in Poland through an Employer of Record costs their salary, plus 9.76 percent pension insurance, 6.5 percent disability insurance, 2.45 percent labour fund, plus the vendor's own monthly fee, the lowest published being from $199 from RemoFirst. The charges were read from zielonalinia.gov.pl and the other government pages listed below, last on .
What does an employer pay on top of salary in Poland?
- 9.76% Pension insurance
- 6.5% Disability insurance
- 2.45% Labour Fund
Each charge, and what it is for
- 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.
- Minimum wage: 4,806 zł a month for a full-time employee, before tax.
This figure is in PLN, 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.
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.
What does one employee in Poland cost a year?
Salary plus the charges above plus the vendor's published monthly fee, for twelve months. "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
- Labour Fund on zielonalinia.gov.pl read
- Disability insurance on zus.pl read
- Each vendor's own pricing page, linked from its name above.