SILA Insights
Everything we know about hiring and employing people in Latin America
Working guides, live benchmarks and country rules from the teams that run the payroll. No gated PDFs, no theory. Read it, use the numbers, then talk to us when it gets real.
Start here: models explained
What is an employer of record?
How an EOR employs your people where you have no entity, what it costs and where it breaks.
ReadWhat is a PEO?
Co-employment inside an entity you already own, and the moment a PEO stops being the answer.
ReadEOR vs PEO, side by side
Ten factors that decide which structure fits, per country rather than per vendor.
ReadEOR vs staffing vs payroll
Who sources, who employs, who pays, and which combination you actually need.
ReadNearshore vs offshore
Time zone, attrition, language and total cost compared with real numbers.
ReadPermanent establishment risk
How contractor-first expansion creates tax exposure, and how to structure around it.
ReadCost and salary benchmarks
Cost to hire in Latin America
Landed cost per seat with statutory burden by country. Run it live, no email needed.
ReadLATAM salary guide
Gross salary bands by role and country, with the burden that sits on top.
ReadLATAM Workforce Index 2026
Our open dataset on cost, talent depth and hiring speed across the region. CSV and JSON.
ReadLATAM Expansion Signals
Publicly announced facilities, country launches and hiring ramps, with the workforce each one will need.
ReadBuild my LATAM plan
Markets, engagement model, landed cost and a launch and scale sequence, built with you.
ReadCountry guides
Hiring in Mexico
Employment rules, statutory burden, salary ranges and how we deliver in market.
ReadHiring in Colombia
Employment rules, statutory burden, salary ranges and how we deliver in market.
ReadHiring in Brazil
Employment rules, statutory burden, salary ranges and how we deliver in market.
ReadHiring in Argentina
Employment rules, statutory burden, salary ranges and how we deliver in market.
ReadHiring in Costa Rica
Employment rules, statutory burden, salary ranges and how we deliver in market.
ReadHiring in Chile
Employment rules, statutory burden, salary ranges and how we deliver in market.
ReadHiring in Peru
Employment rules, statutory burden, salary ranges and how we deliver in market.
ReadHiring in Uruguay
Employment rules, statutory burden, salary ranges and how we deliver in market.
ReadRole guides
Bilingual customer support
Salary bands, best-fit markets, sourcing timeline and interview signals.
ReadSoftware engineering
Salary bands, best-fit markets, sourcing timeline and interview signals.
ReadAccounting & finance
Salary bands, best-fit markets, sourcing timeline and interview signals.
ReadExecutive & virtual assistants
Salary bands, best-fit markets, sourcing timeline and interview signals.
ReadSales development
Salary bands, best-fit markets, sourcing timeline and interview signals.
ReadHealthcare back office
Salary bands, best-fit markets, sourcing timeline and interview signals.
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