Hire and pay employees in Romania, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Romania. 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 Romania is 5 days with Deel.

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Onboard, pay and manage employees in Romania with Deel

Usually, to hire in Romania, 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.

Now you can hire employees in Romania quickly, easily, and compliantly. 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
 Romanian leu (RON)
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Capital Bucharest
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Official language Romanian
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Payroll cycle Monthly

All the necessary benefits for Romania built right in

Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Romania within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard in a single HR platform.

  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
  • Private Healthcare - Allianz (optional)
  • Global Life Insurance - Allianz

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Our quickstart guide to hiring in
Romania

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

Minimum Wage Requirements

The minimum wage is RON 4,050 per month.

Individual Income Tax

The individual income tax rate is 10%. Income tax is calculated according to a flat rate.

Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated at 2.25% of the employee salary.

  • Labor insurance contribution - 2.25%
  • Disability cost - RON 162
  • Teleworking indemnity - RON 400*
  • Medical exam - RON 240

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 workweek is from Monday to Friday.

Overtime payment is mandatory. It can be compensated financially or in the form of paid time off. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 32 hours of overtime, per month. For additional hours, employees are paid:

  • 175% of average salary per hour, during weekdays and weekends
  • 200% of average salary per hour, during public holidays.

Overtime during weekdays is compensated by paid time off in the next 90 calendar days after performing it. Overtime during public holidays is compensated by time off in the next 30 days after performing it. 

If compensation through paid time off is not possible within the period mentioned above, in the following month after the 30/90 days period is exhausted, the overtime will be paid to the employee by adding an increase to the salary corresponding to its duration.

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Download the complete guide to hiring in Romania

Hiring in Romania, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Romania 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 Romania and 150+ countries.

Management fee
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Starting at

$599
/month
Estimated Employer Cost
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2.25%

of employee salary