Employer of Record in Myanmar: what one employee really costs

Questions people ask before booking a demo

How much do employer contributions add to a salary in Myanmar?

MMK 9,000 a month per employee at the basic rates. The employer pays 2% to the Social Security Board's Health and Social Care Fund and 1% to its Employment Injury Benefit Fund, both on monthly wages up to MMK 300,000. Above that ceiling the amount no longer grows with pay, so at this page's example salary the statutory charge is well under one per cent of salary, while the worker pays a further 2% on the same capped base. Two more employer contributions are already written into the Social Security Rules 2014, 3% for disability, superannuation and survivors and 1% for unemployment, but they start only from a date the Ministry fixes by notification, and none had been found on 24 September 2026.

Which exchange rate does this page use for the kyat?

The European Commission's accounting rate for September 2026, MMK 3,965 to the US dollar, the rule this site applies to every currency the European Central Bank does not quote and no central bank pegs. On 24 September 2026 the Central Bank of Myanmar published two rates of its own: a reference rate of MMK 2,100, and a market trading rate of MMK 3,660 that it calculates as a weighted average of banks' interbank and customer trades. No provider page read states which rate funds its Myanmar payroll, and it matters more than any charge on this page: a kyat salary funded at 2,100 costs about 89% more in dollars than at 3,965, and about 8% more at 3,660. Ask for the conversion rate in writing.

Which providers employ in Myanmar, and do sanctions get in the way?

G-P, Multiplier, Pebl, Playroll, Safeguard Global, RemoFirst, Borderless AI and Atlas HXM publish a Myanmar page, and Papaya Global a Myanmar hiring guide. Deel, Oyster, Remote, Rippling and Rivermate publish none, so they are shown as not available here (all read on 24 September 2026). The sanctions lists read the same day name entities rather than the country: the US Treasury's list includes the state-owned Myanma Foreign Trade Bank and Myanma Investment and Commercial Bank, and bars US persons from financial services to the state oil and gas company MOGE; the EU list names MOGE; the UK list names none of the three. The provider is the employer and carries that question, so ask which bank pays your employee.

What does it cost to end a contract in Myanmar?

Thirty days' written notice with a sound reason, plus severance on the Ministry's scale: half a month of pay after 6 months of service, one month after a year, three months after three years, eight months after ten years, and thirteen months after 25 years. Nothing is owed when the worker resigns or is dismissed for misconduct after a third warning. Probation may last up to three months and cannot be extended.

How much paid leave and how many public holidays are there in Myanmar?

Ten days of earned leave after twelve months of continuous service, proportional before that, plus up to six days of casual leave a year and medical leave after six months of service. The government's 2026 list has 14 public holidays covering 25 calendar days, nine of them for the Thingyan water festival in April.