Hire and pay employees in Brazil, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Brazil. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries. The average onboarding time frame in the Brazil is {{COUNTRY_ONBOARDING_TIME}} days with Deel.

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Onboard, pay and manage employees in Brazil with Deel

Usually, to hire in Brazil, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months. Deel lets you hire employees in Brazil quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.

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Currency
 BRL
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Capital Brasília
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Official language Portuguese
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Payroll cycle Monthly

All the necessary benefits for Brazil built right in

Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Brazil within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.

  • Meal Voucher
  • Social Security
  • State Pension Fund
  • Workers Compensation Insurance
  • Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
  • Private Healthcare - AMIL (optional)
  • Private Healthcare - Allianz (optional)

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Our quickstart guide to hiring in
Brazil

Navigate the tabs below to learn everything you need to know about hiring an employee in Brazil

Minimum Wage Requirements

The national minimum wage R$1.518,00 per month.

Please note that Deel EOR employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides a minimum wage of R$ 1,699.23 per month.

Individual Income Tax

The individual income tax ranges from 0% to 27.5%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates such as the marital status and the level of income.

Gross Annual Income (BRL) Tax Rate (%)
Less than 1,903.98 0%
1,903.99 - 2,826.65 7.5%
2,826.66 - 3,751.05 15.0%
3,751.06 - 4,664.68 22.5%
Above 4,664.68 27.5%
Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated at 35.3% of the employee salary + Meal Voucher

  • The Fundo de Garantia do Tempo e Serviço (FGTS) - 8%*
  • Social Security - 27.3%*
  • Meal allowance - 40 BRL per working day, estimated at BRL 880 monthly
  • Mandatory Life Insurance - BRL 5.56

*These costs are calculated on the employee's monthly salary including bonus and allowances

The amount for the meal voucher is calculated as BRL 40 per working day in the month, therefore the exact amount may vary. 

Annual Costs
- 13th Salary - 1 month salary, calculated as the gross monthly salaries received during the year including other salary payments, such as bonuses, allowances, and divided by 12. 
- Union Bonus (profit sharing) - BRL 330.88 a year
- Vacation Bonus - One-third of the employee's monthly salary or one-third of the vacation days taken

Conditional Costs
- Abono Pecuniário - Employees can choose to receive up to 10 days of their vacation bonus paid out instead of using them as paid time off.
- Childcare allowance - Female employees with children aged 0-60 months are entitled to a monthly childcare allowance up to 290.98 BRL per child. 

These costs are provided as estimates and are intended solely for general informational purposes. To fully comprehend all associated costs and fees related to the terms of any employment agreement for this country, please contact our Sales team for a quote.

Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours

Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard work week is from Monday to Friday.

Employees can also work for 8 hours per day, 44 hours per week from Monday to Saturday, with 4 hours on Saturdays.

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Hiring in Brazil, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Brazil with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Brazil and 150+ countries.

Management fee
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Starting at

$599
/month
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