Compare hiring cost in any country

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How to use this comparison

Remote teams often fix a pay band in US dollars and then ask which country is cheapest to employ in. This tool answers exactly that: it converts one USD salary into each local currency, applies that country's mandatory employer contributions (with their caps and salary bands) and converts the total back to USD. It covers the 38 OECD members (OECD Taxing Wages 2026) and 69 more countries (PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, each with its review date).

What drives the differences

• Rates. Employer contributions range from nothing on top of pay (North Macedonia, the UAE for expatriates) to more than a quarter of salary (Argentina, France, China).
• Caps. Many countries stop charging above a monthly ceiling: Thailand at THB 17,500, Hong Kong at HKD 30,000, Singapore at SGD 8,000. A senior salary there carries a much smaller percentage on-cost.
• Who is covered. In Singapore and the Gulf states, contributions depend on nationality, so the cost of a foreign hire can be very different from a local one. Those pages say which group the rates cover.

What this does not include

Statutory extra salaries (13th or 14th month), leave, severance accrual, health insurance and EOR or payroll fees vary by contract and provider. Add them in the employer cost calculator as benefits or monthly costs. Countries marked Partial leave out some charges, which are listed on their country page.

Worked example

At $60,000, India's statutory provident fund contribution stops at the INR 15,000 monthly wage ceiling, so the on-cost is tiny in percentage terms, while Brazil adds INSS (20%) and FGTS (8%) on the full salary. Run the tool to see the exact totals and download them as CSV for your budget sheet.

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