Staff augmentation, all of Latin America
Staff Augmentation Across Latin America
Staff augmentation is the fastest way to add durable capacity without headcount approvals, an entity or a severance liability. It is not the same as an outsourced team: your managers still run the work.
What is staff augmentation Latin America?
Staff augmentation in Latin America means a provider recruits and legally employs skilled workers who then work under your direction, inside your team and tools. You pay one blended monthly rate per seat that includes salary, statutory burden and provider margin, and you scale up or down on contractual notice without severance exposure.
Staff augmentation versus the neighbouring models
- Versus direct hire: no entity needed, faster start, but a rate rather than a salary.
- Versus EOR: we also recruit the person, so you are buying capacity, not just employment.
- Versus a managed team: you manage the people; in a managed team we do.
- Versus SOW: you buy time and skill; under SOW you buy a defined outcome.
What is inside the blended rate
- Gross salary benchmarked against local market, not US-anchored guesses
- Full statutory employer burden for the country
- Benefits, private health top-ups and mandatory bonuses
- Severance and end-of-assignment provisioning
- Recruiting, replacement cover and account management
Governance, security and IP
Workers sign local employment contracts with IP assignment, NDAs and, where required, background verification. Device management, VPN policy and access revocation on exit are handled by us and evidenced in the monthly report, the same controls an enterprise security review will ask for.
Which model fits the work
| Your situation | Model | Who manages | Commercial unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent core role | Direct hire | You | One-time search fee |
| Ongoing capacity, your direction | Staff augmentation | You | Blended rate per seat |
| Ongoing capacity, our direction | Managed team | Us | Monthly pod fee |
| Defined outcome | SOW | Us | Fixed or milestone price |
| Person already chosen | EOR | You | Per-employee monthly fee |
Get the LATAM landed-cost benchmark
Employer burden, salary bands and total monthly cost across every market. One email, no call required.
Request a talent plan and rate per seat
Tell us the situation and you get the recommended structure, the landed cost range and the realistic timeline, before anyone asks you to book a call.
- Entities we own across core LATAM markets
- Every lane under one agreement: recruit, employ, manage, deliver
- Backed by Gracemark, an operator across all of Latin America
Build my LATAM hiring plan
Three steps, about 40 seconds. You get a role-level shortlist plan, salary benchmark and landed cost per seat.
No account, no obligation. You see the recommended model before we ask for an email.
Frequently asked questions
Country costs, timeline and the right hiring model, in one business day.