Hire and pay employees in
Honduras, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Honduras. 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 Honduras is 3 days with Deel.

Currency

Honduran lempira - HNL (salaries in USD)

Capital

Tegucigalpa

Official Language

Spanish

Payroll Cycle

Monthly

Onboard, pay and manage employees in Honduras with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Honduras, 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 Honduras 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 Honduras
built right in

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

  • Retirement Pension
  • Worker Compensation (Professional Training)
  • Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
  • Private Healthcare - Allianz (optional)
  • Global Life Insurance - Allianz

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Minimum Wage Requirements

The minimum wage in Honduras varies depending on the company's activity and size.For Deel EOR employees, the monthly minimum wage for 2024 is HNL 12,597.91.

Individual Income Tax

The individual income tax ranges from 0% to 25%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates.

Tax Rate

Annual Taxable Income

0%

HNL 0 to 209,369.62

15%

HNL 209,369.63 to 319,251.54

20%

HNL 319,251.55 to 742,445.49

25%

Over HNL 742,445.50

Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated at 15.20% of the employee salary.

  • Honduran National Institute for Vocational Training (INFOP) - 1%
  • Public Health Insurance (Disability, Retirement, Death) - 3.5%*
  • Public Health Insurance (Sickness, Maternity) - 5%
  • Public Health Insurance (Professional Risk) - 0.20%
  • Housing Fund (RAP): Fondo de Vivienda - 1.50%***
  • Housing Fund (RAP): Cesantia/Reserva Laboral - 4%****

 

*Calculated on the employee's salary up to a maximum salary of HNL 11,109.30

**Calculated on the employee's salary up to a maximum salary of HNL 11,336.32

***Calculated on the portion of the employee's salary higher than HNL 11,336.32

 ****Calculated on the portion of the employee's salary up to a maximum salary HNL

Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours

Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, from Monday to Friday, and 4 hours on Saturday, accumulating 44 hours per week.

Overtime payment is mandatory and is not included in the salary. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 16 hours of overtime a week. For additional hours, employees are paid:

  • 125% of the hourly rate for overtime undertaken between 5:00-19:00
  • 175% of the hourly rate for overtime undertaken between 19:00-5:00
  • 150% of the hourly rate for overtime undertaken mixed between the above hours
  • 200% of the hourly rate for overtime undertaken on weekends and public holidays.
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Hiring in Honduras, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Honduras 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 Honduras and 150+ countries.

Group (8)

Starting at 599 USD

Management fee

Group (9)

15.20%

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*of employee salary

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