Hire and pay employees in
Kenya, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Kenya. 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 Kenya is 1 day with Deel.

Devise

Kenyan Shilling (KES)

Capitale

Nairobi

Langue officielle

Swahili and English,

Cycle de paie

Mensuel

Onboard, pay and manage employees in Kenya with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Kenya, 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 Kenya 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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All the necessary benefits for Kenya
built right in

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

  • National Housing Development Fund
  • National Industrial Training Fund
  • Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
  • Work Injury Benefits Act (WIBA)
  • National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)
  • Couverture santé privée - Allianz (facultatif)

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Exigences relatives au salaire minimum

The minimum wage is KES 13,572 per month.

Impôt sur le revenu des particuliers

The individual income tax ranges from 10% to 30%. Income tax is calculated according to progress rates and the government uses a pay-as-you-earn model.

Revenu annuel brut Taux d’imposition (%)
On the first 288,000 10%
On the next 100,000 25%
On all remaining income in excess of 388,000 30%

Coût de la paie

The employer cost is generally estimated at  8.41% of the employee salary.
  • National Social Security Fund Contribution - 6.0%*
  • WIBA (Work Injury Benefits Act) Contribution - 0.91%
  • NITA (National Industrial Training Authority) Contribution - KES 50
  • Affordable Housing Levy - 1.5%

*up to a maximum salary for the contribution of with KES 36,000.

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

Overtime payment is not mandatory for senior staff, as extra work hours are factored in their salaries.
Overtime payment is mandatory for junior staff. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 52 hours per week (12 hours of overtime). 
For additional hours, employees are paid 1.5 times the regular hourly salary, and 2 times the regular hourly salary if they work overtime on a rest day or public holiday.
Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard work week is from Monday to Friday. 
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Hiring in Kenya, hassle-free

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

Groupe (8)

À partir de 599 USD

Management fee

Group (9)

8.41%

Part employeur estimée

* du salaire versé

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