Hire and pay employees in Spain, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Spain. 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 Spain is 4 days with Deel.
Onboard, pay and manage employees in Spain with Deel
Usually, to hire in Spain, 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 Spain 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.
Currency Euro (EUR)
Capital Madrid
Official language Spanish
Payroll cycle Monthly
All the necessary benefits for Spain built right in
Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Spain within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard in a single HR platform.
- Social Security
- Work From Home Allowance
- Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
- Private Healthcare - Alan
- Private Healthcare - Allianz (optional)
- Flexible Renumeration (Meal allowance and flexible spending allowance) (optional)
- Global Life Insurance - Allianz
- Flexible Retribution (Pension Insurance) through Cobee
Our quickstart guide to hiring in Spain
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Minimum Wage Requirements
The Minimum Wage is €1,262.28 per month as set out in the Deel collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
Individual Income Tax
The individual income tax ranges from 19% to 45%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates such as the household status and the number of children.
| Income per year in EUR | Tax Rate (%) |
|---|---|
| 0 to 12,450 | 19% |
| 12,451 to 20,200 | 24% |
| 20,201 to 35,200 | 30% |
| 35,201 to 60,000 | 37% |
| 60,000 and up | 45% |
Payroll Cost
Monthly Costs
- Social Security Common Contingencies - 24.18%
- Unemployment Insurance - 5.50%
- Social Fund for the Guarantee of Salaries - 0.20%
- Temporary Diseases and Incapacity, Death and Survival Benefits - 1.50%
- Professional Training and Development - 0.60%
- Work From Home Allowance - €50
- Mandatory Disability Fund Contribution - €41
- 13th Salary - 1/12 of 1 month salary
- 14th Salary - 1/12 of 1 month salary
Social security costs are calculated up to a maximum salary for the contributions of €4,909.50 per month.
An additional solidarity social security contribution applies for salaries over €4,909.50 per month, with progressive rates ranging from 0.77% to 0.98%.
Annual and Conditional Costs
- Onboarding Mandatory PRL Training - €11
- Optional Onboarding and Bi-annual Medical Check - €80 (if requested by the employee)
Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours
Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week (1800 hours per year). The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday.
Unless there is an agreement in place, employees can work no more than 9 hours per day. Employees can work a maximum of 80 hours a year in overtime.
Overtime payment is mandatory and may be included in the salary. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 80 hours of overtime.
Hiring in Spain, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Spain 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 Spain and 150+ countries.
Management fee
Starting at
$599
/month
Estimated Employer Cost
31.98%
of employee salary