Hire and pay employees in
Estonia, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Estonia. 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 Estonia is 3 days with Deel.
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Devise
Euro (EUR)

Capitale
Tallinn
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Langue officielle
Estonian
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Cycle de paie
Mensuel
Onboard, pay and manage employees in Estonia with Deel.
Usually, to hire in Estonia, 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 Estonia 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.
All the necessary benefits for Estonia
built right in
Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Estonia within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.
- Sécurité sociale
- Assurance-chômage
- Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
- Couverture santé privée - Allianz (facultatif)
- Assurance vie mondiale - Allianz
Our quickstart guide to hiring in Estonia
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Exigences relatives au salaire minimum
The minimum wage is EUR 886 per month.
Impôt sur le revenu des particuliers
Coût de la paie
The employer cost is generally estimated at 33.8% of the employee salary.
- Social security tax - 33.0%
- Unemployment tax - 0.8%
Other costs:
- Medical check (onboarding and to be repeated every three years) - EUR 160
Ces coûts sont des estimations et ne sont indiqués qu’à titre d’information. Pour comprendre le mode de calcul des coûts et frais inhérents aux termes d’un contrat de travail établi dans ce pays, n’hésitez pas à demander un devis à notre service commercial.
Rémunération des heures supplémentaires et nombre d’heures maximum
Les horaires de travail normaux sont de 8 heures par jour et 40 heures par semaine. La semaine de travail normale va du lundi au vendredi.
Overtime payment is mandatory. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Normally, full-time employees can work a maximum of 8 hours of overtime a week, for an average of 48 working hours per week. In agreement with the employee, the employee can work 12 hours of overtime a week, for an average of 52 working hours per week as a full-time employee.
Congé maternité
Employees can use the maternity benefit up to 70 calendar days before the child’s estimated date of birth and 30 calendar days after the child’s estimated date of birth. The Social Insurance Board is responsible for this pay.
Congé paternité
The employee will receive 100% of their average salary during this period (up to a maximum of three times the Estonian mean gross wages), and The Social Insurance Board will be responsible for this pay.
The benefit can be used until the child turns 3 years old.
The employee can extend leave using parental leave.
Congé parental
The parental benefit amount is calculated separately for each recipient, depending on their previous income.
The amount depends on the amount of paid social tax declared for their earned income (in 2023 the maximum parental benefit is EUR 4.231,29 gross per month).
Parental leave can't be extended.
Congés maladie
Employees are entitled to 182 days of sick leave in the event of disease or illness (except tuberculosis).
The first day is unpaid and considered as a qualifying period. In the event of a disease or injury, an insured person has the right to receive sickness benefits until the date on which their workability is restored (as specified in the certificate for sick leave).
Employees are eligible for 240 consecutive calendar days of sick leave in the event of tuberculosis.
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Période | Payer | Payeur |
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Day 1 | 0 % | Qualifying period |
Day 2 - 5 | Based on employee's average salary for the last 6 months (Average 70%) | Employeur |
Day 6 onwards | Based on the amount of social tax calculated or paid for the employee for the previous calendar year | Estonian Health Insurance Fund (EHIF) |
Conditions de départ
Un licenciement doit respecter des règles complexes et la procédure officielle du pays où travaille la personne concernée. Les conditions du départ sont toujours gérées par l’employeur avec les principales parties prenantes. La procédure peut inclure des frais ponctuels et certaines mesures (obligatoires ou recommandées) dans des cas spécifiques de licenciement.
Terminations in Estonia can be complex. There is no at-will termination in Estonia for employers, outside the probation period, and termination must be done for just cause.
Pour être conforme, la rupture d’un contrat de travail doit être motivée par :
- Du fait de l’employé
- D’un commun accord
- Unilaterally by the employer based on if the employee:
- Commits misconduct and breach of contract
- Becomes bankrupt
- Becomes of unsound mind
- Is convicted of any criminal offense, prior to or in the course of employment
- Fails to disclose in the employee’s resume any previous disciplinary or legal action taken against the Employee
- Is permanently incapacitated by accident or ill health; unable to perform job duties
- À l’expiration du contrat
Période de préavis
In Estonia, the notice period is based on the length of the labor relationship.
- Up to 1 year of employment - minimum 15 calendar days
- Between 1 - 5 years of employment - minimum 30 calendar days
- Between 5 - 10 years of employment - minimum 60 calendar days
- 10+ years of employment - minimum 90 calendar days
Indemnités de départ des employés
In Estonia, severance is paid based on the reason for termination.
Reason for termination | Severance Pay |
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Lay-off | 1 month’s average salary |
Breach of contract by the employer | 3 month’s average salary |
Employer ending a fixed-term contract for economic reasons | Compensation that the employee would be entitled to until the expiry of the contract term |
Pour vous prémunir des risques financiers imprévus liés à un licenciement, Deel prévoit un cumul d’indemnités de départ dans tous les contrats de travail pour ce pays. Deel possède une grande expérience de la gestion des risques de litige à l’international, et nous calculons le cumul d’indemnités de départ en fonction du droit commun ou des dispositions légales et des meilleures pratiques locales. Si votre employé démissionne ou n’a pas droit à une indemnité de départ, les montants réservés en vertu du contrat et inutilisés vous sont remboursés.
Congés payés
Jours fériés
Estonia celebrates 12 national holidays. National holidays include:
- Jour de l’An
- Independence Day, anniversary of the Republic of Estonia
- Vendredi saint
- Dimanche de Pâques
- Spring Day
- Pentecost
- Jour de la Victoire
- Midsummer Day
- Day of Restoration of Independence
- Christmas Eve
- Noël
- Boxing Day
Onboarding
Termes du contrat de travail
Contracts must be in Estonian, or English and can be bilingual. They must be in writing and signed by both parties.
Un contrat doit préciser :
- Nom
- Personal identification or registry code
- Residence or seat of the employer and the employee
- Validity of contract
- Période d’essai
- Job description and job title
- Working hours
- Place of work
- Rémunération
- Obligations of the parties
- prolongé
- Conditions de rupture de contrat
Période d’essai
Hiring in Estonia, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Estonia 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 Estonia and 150+ countries.
À partir de 599 USD
Management fee
33.8%
Part employeur estimée
* du salaire versé
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