Hire and pay employees in
Mozambique, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Mozambique. 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 Mozambique is 7 days with Deel.

Currency

MZN

Capital

Maputo

Official Language

Portuguese

Payroll Cycle

Monthly

Onboard, pay and manage employees in Mozambique with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Mozambique, 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 Mozambique 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 Mozambique
built right in

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

  • Workers Compensation Insurance
  • Private Healthcare - Allianz (optional)
  • Life Insurance - Allianz (optional)

Our quickstart guide to hiring in Mozambique

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Minimum Wage Requirements

The minimum wage in Mozambique varies by sector. For Deel's sector, the minimum wage is 16,061.32 MZN per month.

Individual Income Tax

Individual income tax ranges from 10% to 32%. It is calculated according to progressive rates.
Gross Annual Income  Tax Rate (%)
From MZN 0 to MZN 42,000 10%
From MZN 42,000 to MZN 168,000 15%
From MZN 168,000 to MZN 504,000 20%
From MZN 504,000 to MZN 1,512,000 25%
Above MZN 1,512,000 32%

 

Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated at 5% of the employee's salary

  • Social Security - 4%
  • Workman'sCompensation Insurance - 1%

Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours

Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard work week is from Monday to Friday.

Overtime payment is mandatory. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 96 hours of overtime per quarter and may not perform more than eight hours of overtime per week, nor exceed 200 hours per year. For additional hours, employees are paid:

  • 150% of the hourly rate from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • 200% of the hourly rate after 8 p.m.
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Hiring in Mozambique, hassle-free

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

Group (8)

Starting at 599 USD

Management fee

Group (9)

5%

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