EOR cost calculator
Enter the salary, employer taxes, EOR fee and benefits from your quote to get the monthly and annual cost of one hire or a team, in USD. Compare up to three quotes and download the figures as a CSV. An advertised EOR fee covers the provider’s service only, so check each line against your quote and the employment costs in the hiring country.
What else to budget for
Include benefits, insurance and any regular extra salary payments in your figures. If you spread an annual payment across the year, divide it by 12 before adding it to “Benefits & other costs.”
Budget separately for setup, immigration, equipment, currency conversion and termination costs. Deposits and payroll pre-funding affect the cash you need upfront. The deposit is usually a share of monthly gross salary, such as one month per employee. Check these items in your provider’s quote and see our EOR cost guide for the full breakdown.
How to calculate EOR costs
Monthly total = (monthly salary equivalent + employer charges + EOR fee + other monthly costs) × number of employees.
Choose Monthly or Annual for gross salary. Enter all other costs as monthly amounts per employee. Annual salaries are divided by 12 for the monthly estimate; every employee uses the same inputs.
Illustrative example: a $60,000 annual salary, $900 in monthly employer charges, a $500 EOR fee and $150 in monthly benefits total $6,550 per employee per month. For three employees, that is $19,650 a month or $235,800 a year.
Convert every amount to USD before you enter it, and take employer taxes from your quote or the global payroll calculator. Annual totals assume 12 months at these costs and use the full annual salary. Rounding can make 12 displayed monthly totals differ slightly from the annual total.
Keep up to three scenarios to compare quotes or hiring plans. Each keeps its own inputs while this page is open. Download a CSV before refreshing or leaving the page if you need to retain the figures.
Still choosing a provider? Compare EOR services and starting fees, then use your written quotes to calculate the recurring hiring cost here.
EOR costs: common questions
How much does an employer of record cost?
Across our top 11, the EOR service fee runs from $199 to $699 per employee per month. Add it to gross pay, employer charges, benefits and other costs for the hire. Request a country-specific proposal showing each item. Our EOR cost guide explains the breakdown.
What are hidden costs to look for in EOR pricing?
Check currency conversion, payment charges, optional benefits, setup, immigration and offboarding fees. Ask which are included in the service fee. Record the deposit (usually a share of monthly gross salary) and any payroll pre-funding separately, with their payment and refund terms. See the hidden-fees guide for questions to ask.
How much does an EOR cost per employee per month?
Start with annual base salary divided by 12, then add monthly employer charges, the EOR service fee and required or agreed benefits. Budget separately for one-off and irregular payments. For employer charges in 150 countries, use the global payroll calculator.
How much does an EOR in India cost?
Costs depend on salary structure, location, employee circumstances and provider terms. Ask for a proposal separating pay, employer contributions, benefits, employment accruals and the service fee. Use the India guide to prepare your questions.
How do I compare two EOR quotes fairly?
Use the same country, salary, headcount, benefits and period for both quotes. Enter each provider’s service fee and employer-cost breakdown in a separate scenario. If one quote includes a benefit or charge inside its fee, exclude that item from the other inputs so you do not count it twice.
For a percentage-based fee, ask which amount the percentage applies to and convert the quoted charge into a monthly USD amount before entering it. Check billing commitments, minimum fees, currency terms and one-off costs separately. A lower total can reflect different coverage or assumptions. Our EOR fee checklist and EOR proposal comparison service can help structure that review.
Which EOR providers offer employment cost forecasts?
Remote and Deel offer tools for planning employment costs. Remote’s account Cost Calculator builds monthly and annual estimates for multiple employees and countries, including base salary, statutory contributions, core benefits where applicable and its management fee. Company owners and super admins can export CSV or PDF reports. Budget separately for bonuses, visa costs, offboarding and any required reserve.
Deel’s Workforce Planning module supports headcount scenarios, compensation budgets and approval workflows. Deel HR Elite includes this module; get the package price and included features in your order form. Ask which employer contributions, benefits and EOR charges the model includes, and reconcile its output against your payroll and budget records.
For a forecast, apply each hire’s start date and expected cost changes month by month, then keep deposits and payroll funding separate from expenses. Our EOR cost guide explains the cost lines to reconcile.
How do I budget for 12 months when headcount or salaries change?
Build the budget month by month, using each hire’s start date and costs for that period. For example, three people employed for four months represent 12 employee-months. Calculate salary, employer charges, service fees and benefits for each period; start a new period whenever pay, headcount or another cost changes. Check any minimum service-fee commitments separately.
Add setup, equipment and other one-off charges in the month due. Track refundable deposits and payroll pre-funding separately so your cash plan does not count them twice as employment costs.
This calculator applies one set of inputs to every employee for 12 months, so run one calculation per cost period and add the periods together in your budget.