Hire and pay employees in
Bulgaria, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Bulgaria. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.

The average onboarding time frame in Bulgaria is 5 days with Deel.

Currency

BGN

Capital

Sofia

Official Language

Bulgarian

Payroll Cycle

Monthly

Onboard, pay and manage employees in Bulgaria with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Bulgaria, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.

Deel lets you hire employees in Bulgaria quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.

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All the necessary benefits for Bulgaria
built right in

Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Bulgaria within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.

  • Workplace Accident Insurance
  • Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
  • Optional global health insurance - Allianz

Our quickstart guide to hiring in Bulgaria

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Minimum Wage Requirements

The minimum wage in Bulgaria is 1077 BGN.

Individual Income Tax

The individual income tax is a flat rate of 10%.

Note: apart from this income tax, employees will have to contribute 13.78% to Social Security.

Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated between 19% of the employee's salary.

  • Health insurance - 4.80%*
  • Occupational accident and disease fund - 0.50%*
  • Common sickness and maternity fund - 2.10%*
  • Unemployment fund - 0.60%* 
  • Pension Fund in NSSI - 8.22%*
  • Supplementary Compulsory Pension Insurance in Universal Pension Fund - 2.80%*
  • Medical exam evaluation and Health & Safety - BGN 5

*The maximum salary for the calculation of the contribution is BGN 3,750.

One time fees

  • Courier Cost for EA Delivery - BGN 20
  • Mandatory Wet Ink Employment Agreement Handling Fee - USD 80

Annual fees

  • Risk Assessment - BGN 35
  • Labor Safety Company Insurance - BGN 25

These costs are provided as estimates and are intended solely for general informational purposes. To fully comprehend all associated costs and fees related to the terms of any employment agreement for this country, please contact our Sales team for a quote.

Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours

Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday.
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Hiring in Bulgaria, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Bulgaria with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Bulgaria and 150+ countries.

Group (8)

Starting at 599 USD

Management fee

Group (9)

19%

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*of employee salary

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