Brazil EOR cost guide
An Employer of Record quote in Brazil has two parts: the landed employment cost of the person, and the provider fee for employing and administering them. The landed cost is gross pay plus applicable employer charges, annual provisions, benefits and operational inputs such as equipment or transport. The fee is charged either as a fixed monthly amount per employee or as a percentage of payroll. Any responsible figure must state the role, city, salary, benefits policy and effective date behind it, so we prepare cost briefs rather than publishing a single national multiplier.
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Brazil dependencies
This guide is general commercial information, not legal or tax advice. Facts that create classification or regulatory uncertainty require qualified review.
Sources
BR,CLT,001
Consolidation of Labor Laws
Presidency of the Republic of Brazil
BR,FGTS,001
FGTS guidance
Federal Government of Brazil
Published by SIBRA editorial, reviewed September 6, 2026, next review March 6, 2027.
Questions buyers ask
There are two elements: the landed employment cost of the person and the provider fee. The fee is quoted either as a fixed monthly amount per employee or as a percentage of payroll. The landed cost depends on salary, city, benefits policy and employer regime, so SIBRA prepares a dated cost brief per role instead of publishing one national multiplier.
No. The fee only covers employment administration. Gross pay, applicable employer charges, annual provisions, benefits and operational inputs sit alongside it and usually make up most of the monthly budget.
A percentage tends to favour lower salary roles and a fixed fee tends to favour higher salary roles. The break even point depends on your salary band, so compare both against your actual roles.
For a small team an EOR usually costs less overall because there is no setup, local accounting or payroll infrastructure to fund. As headcount and permanence grow, an entity can become the lower unit cost route, which is why we model the transition point.
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