Hire and pay employees in Italy compliantly from day one

Easily hire employees in Italy with Deel. Deel's best-in-class Employer of Record setup allows us to handle local laws, tax and benefits, and international payroll on your behalf in 150+ countries including Italy.

Backed by local experts and built-in compliance protection, your next hire could start in as little as 3 days with Deel.

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Onboard, pay and manage employees in Italy with Deel

Usually, to hire in Italy, 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, and licensing, can take months.

Now you can hire employees in Italy quickly, easily and compliantly. Automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. And once your new hire is onboarded, Deel HR keeps their time off and documents in one place, so managing your team in Italy doesn't mean a separate system.

Already have an entity in Italy? Our PEO services can run payroll and compliance for your direct employees.

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Currency
 Euro EUR
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Capital Rome
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Official language Italian
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Payroll cycle Monthly

All the necessary benefits for Italy built right in

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

  • Public health insurance
  • Unemployment insurance
  • Worker compensation accident insurance
  • Private healthcare - Unisure (optional)
  • Private healthcare - Allianz (optional)
  • Global life insurance - Allianz

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Our quick-start guide to hiring in Italy

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

Minimum Wage Requirements

The minimum wage for Deel EOR Employees is EUR 24,555.86 per year (EUR 25,045.86 from 1 November 2025).

Individual Income Tax

The individual income tax ranges from 0% to 43%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates such as household status and the number of children.

Gross annual income Tax rate (%)
Up to EUR 15,000 23%
Up to EUR 28,000 27%
Up to EUR 55,000 38%
Up to EUR 75,000 41%
Over EUR 75,000 43%
Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated at 37.42% of the employee's monthly salary + fees.

Monthly Costs

  • Social Security - 23.81%

  • National sickness benefits contribution - 2.44%

  • National maternity benefits contribution - 0.24%

  • Termination severance funds (TFR) - 6.91%

  • Termination severance fund (TFR) guarantee contribution - 0.20%

  • Unemployment insurance - 1.61%

  • Work accident insurance (INAIL) - 0.40%

  • Subsidised furlough fund (FIS) - 0.53%

  • Subsidised furlough fund (CIGS) - 0.60%

  • Family allowance (CUAF) - 0.68%

Monthly 13th and 14th Salary Installments

Employees in Italy are entitled to two additional payments: the 13th and 14th salaries. These payments amount to one month's salary each, calculated as the annual salary divided by 14, not including other salary payments such as bonuses and allowances. The 13th and 14th salaries are included in the annual gross salary of EOR employees and are paid in monthly instalments.

One-off Costs (1st invoice only)

  • Onboarding medical check - EUR 119

  • Health and safety training - EUR 42 (+ EUR 12 for training in English upon request)

Additional Costs for Quadro and Dirigente Employees

For employees classified under the Quadro and Dirigente job categories in Italy, additional employer costs apply.

Quadro Employees

  • QuAS one-off contribution - EUR 340 one-off

  • QuAS annual contribution - Up to EUR 370* per year

  • Quadrifor annual contribution - EUR 50 per year

*The QuAS annual contribution is prorated based on the months of employment in the calendar year and up to EUR 370.

Dirigente Employees

  • Private pension (Fondo Mario Negri) - EUR 769.43 per month

  • Supplementary health insurance (Fondo Mario Besusso/Fasdac) - EUR 320.43 per month

  • Private pension (Fondo Pastore) - EUR 392.20 per month

  • Solidarity contribution - EUR 148.21 per month

  • Tertiary management training fund (CFMT) - EUR 26.24 per month

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. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 250 hours of overtime per year. For additional hours, employees are paid:

  • 115% of the hourly rate, the first 8 hours.
    120% of the hourly rate, the following hours.

  • 150% of the hourly rate for overtime night work excluding regular duty shifts (from 10 pm to 6 am)

  • 130% of the hourly rate, on holidays and Sundays.

Dirigente employees are not entitled to overtime pay.

Hiring in Italy, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Italy 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 and complex tax systems to running your payroll in Italy and 150+ other countries.

Management fee
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Starting at

$599
/month
Estimated Employer Cost
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37.47%

of employee salary