Hiring in France through an Employer of Record
French employer charges are many and set by URSSAF, the social security collector. These are the three biggest, from its rates page for the private sector.
On top of salary, the employer pays
- 13% Health, maternity, disability and death
- 8.55% Old age insurance, capped
- 2.11% Old age insurance, on all pay
This is a floor, not the full cost: major employer charges in France are left out, as explained below.
What the employer pays on top of salary in France
- Health, maternity, disability and death: 13 percent of gross pay, the full rate.
- Old age insurance, capped: 8.55 percent of gross pay up to the social security ceiling.
- Old age insurance, on all pay: 2.11 percent of total gross pay.
The health rate shown is the full rate; it is lower on modest salaries. Family allowances, unemployment insurance, supplementary pensions, accident insurance and several smaller levies are left out, so the real cost in France is well above this total.
Yearly cost of one employee in France, 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
- Old age insurance, on all pay on urssaf.fr read
- Each vendor's own pricing page, linked from its name above.