Global payroll & payroll outsourcing, all of Latin America
Global Payroll and Payroll Outsourcing Across Latin America
LATAM payroll fails on the calendar, not the arithmetic. Every country has its own contribution deadlines, mandatory bonuses and year-end obligations, and a missed filing is a penalty plus an inspection trigger, not a note in the reconciliation.
SILA does not stop at advice or hand off the next step. We design the route, execute it across the region and remain accountable as the workforce scales or the model changes.
See the recommended market, model and landed cost before the sales conversation.
What is global payroll Latin America?
Global payroll in Latin America means running gross-to-net, statutory contributions, mandatory bonuses and severance reserves in each country's own system, currency and filing calendar. US companies either outsource payroll on their own local entity, or use an Employer of Record where no entity exists, consolidated into one USD invoice.
SILA is the LATAM Workforce Operating Partner for this work: one team owns the market decision, workforce launch, local execution and next stage of scale.
Answer the cost question first
Model the employment cost behind your payroll requirement
Choose the role, market, seniority and headcount. See salary, statutory employer burden and the modeled monthly cost before deciding what to send SILA.
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Ranked by verified role fit, talent depth and total workforce cost, not by lowest wage. Review-required markets are excluded and scoped with a specialist.
Leave blank to use our published benchmark ($58,900, salary plus 25% for payroll taxes, benefits and insurance). Put your real number in and the comparison becomes yours, not ours.
Your employment-cost benchmark
$103,476
baseline annual saving on 3 mid bilingual customer support seats in Mexico. Modeled range $92,244 to $113,736 (52%–64% below the US in-house equivalent).
This is not a payroll-administration quote.
It models gross salary, statutory employer costs and SILA’s existing managed-delivery assumption so you can plan total workforce cost. If you already employ the team, SILA prices payroll administration separately in the written scope.
$310,428
saved over 3 years
59%
lower annual workforce cost
5–10 days
typical onboarding once talent is selected
Plan on this
$2,034
per seat, per month
Mid salary, mid statutory burden, standard service fee. This is the number to take to finance.
Budget safely
$2,346
per seat, per month
Upper modeled range for these assumptions. Your reviewed quote confirms the final budget and any additional items.
Best case
$1,749
per seat, per month
Lower end of the published band with the leanest structure. Reachable when seniority and market allow it.
▸ Landed cost breakdown, $2,034 / seat / month
- Gross salary
- $1,320
- Statutory employer burden
- $449
- Managed-delivery fee assumption
- $265
- Team of 3, annual
- $73,224
Burden in Mexico: IMSS, INFONAVIT, SAR, aguinaldo, vacation premium, PTU.
- Salary band modeled: $1,220–$1,420 gross monthly at mid level.
- Statutory employer cost: 28%–40% of gross. Mandatory benefits included, discretionary benefits excluded.
- Managed-delivery benchmark: 12%–18% of landed employment cost. Pass-throughs (equipment, background checks, one-time onboarding, severance reserves) excluded.
- USD-equivalent, quoted at the rate on the verification date. Local-currency payroll moves with FX and statutory indexation.
- Payroll-administration pricing is excluded from this benchmark and confirmed in a written quote.
- Fit for this role: High confidence, Strong fit for this role, fully served by SILA.
- Source: SILA placement data and each country's published statutory contribution schedules (IMSS, DIAN and UGPP, INSS and FGTS, CCSS, IESS, IGSS, TSS, CSS, IPS, NIS, NHT, SSB and equivalents), cross-checked against PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries. Ranges include mandatory accruals: 13th and 14th salary, vacation premium, severance and CTS or FGTS provisioning, and statutory profit sharing where it applies. Last verified 2026-08-21. See the methodology and claim registry.
- Built from SILA's current country salary, statutory burden and delivery data. A SILA specialist confirms final pricing, employing structure and launch date in writing before activation.
Mexico statutory sources
- Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS): Employer social security contributions.
- INFONAVIT: Housing fund employer contribution.
- Ley Federal del Trabajo: Aguinaldo, vacation premium and profit sharing (PTU).
Source id mexico-01, mexico-02, mexico-03. Verified 2026-08-21.
What your reviewed quote contains
- Your requirement
- 3 x mid Bilingual customer support in Mexico · $2,034 per seat per month landed, USD
- Recommended market and model
- Mexico, with the engagement model confirmed for the role and the headcount. A relevant alternative market is priced beside it.
- Itemized components
- Gross salary by seniority, statutory employer cost, mandatory benefits, our fee and any pass throughs, shown as one landed monthly figure per seat.
- Responsibilities
- Who employs, who pays, who manages the work and who carries the compliance obligation in this market. For a managed team, BPO or build operate transfer scope, the operating scope, dependencies and ownership are set out instead of a per employee price.
- Next decision
- Approve the market and model, or ask us to price the alternative.
Turn this estimate into a country-by-country hiring plan with employment costs, recommended operating model and launch timeline.
What multi-country LATAM payroll actually covers
- Gross-to-net calculation in local currency with local labor-code rules
- Employer and employee social security, pension and health contributions
- 13th month, aguinaldo, prima and profit-sharing where they are mandatory
- Vacation, seniority and severance reserves accrued rather than discovered at exit
- Statutory filings, e-invoicing and year-end reporting per country
- One consolidated USD invoice with a per-country, per-employee cost breakdown
Two ways to run it
- You hold the entity: we operate payroll, filings and treasury as your outsourced payroll function.
- You have no entity: our EOR entity employs and pays, and payroll is included in the per-employee fee.
- Mixed reality: most US clients run both at once, so we report them on one calendar and one invoice.
The costs that get missed in the budget
Employer burden ranges from 10% of salary in the lightest LATAM markets to 75% in Brazil once FGTS, INSS and 13th month are counted. Add severance provisioning, mandatory profit-sharing and currency movement and a salary-only budget is routinely 30% to 45% short of landed cost.
Indicative employer burden and payroll obligations by market
| Country | Indicative employer burden | Mandatory extra pay | Payroll frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 25%–35% | Aguinaldo, PTU profit share | Bi-weekly |
| Colombia | 30%–45% | Prima, cesantías | Monthly or bi-weekly |
| Brazil | 40%–55% | 13th salary, FGTS | Monthly |
| Argentina | 25%–35% | Aguinaldo (SAC) | Monthly |
| Costa Rica | 26%–38% | Aguinaldo | Bi-weekly |
| Chile | 20%–30% | Gratificación | Monthly |
Get the LATAM landed-cost benchmark
Employer burden, salary bands and total monthly cost across every market. One email, no call required.
Where this goes
Global payroll & payroll outsourcing is the fastest start. It is rarely where teams stop.
Most companies arrive with one country and one urgent hire. Twelve months later they are running several markets, a full team and their own entity. You can do all of that on the agreement you sign today, at your pace, without changing partners.
Add the next countries without a new contract
The same agreement extends to any market in the region. New country, same team, same invoice, no procurement cycle.
See country coverage →Let SILA run the team, not just the paperwork
Move from headcount to outcomes: recruiting, management, delivery and reporting on a managed team or SOW, priced to the result.
Managed teams and SOW →Own the operation, keep the same people
We stand up your entity, transfer the team and stay as your local representation. Nothing gets rebuilt and nobody gets re-hired.
Build your LATAM operation →See the whole path costed before you commit to the first step.
Turn the answer into an operating plan
Get a multi-country payroll cost model
Give us the requirement once. SILA returns the recommended market, structure, landed cost and launch sequence, then owns the execution with you.
- Recruiting, employment and payroll across 20+ LATAM markets
- Every lane under one agreement: recruit, employ, manage, deliver
- One accountable delivery team, from first hire to regional operation
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Salary bands, statutory employer burden and landed cost per seat for the country you are hiring in.
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