Hire and pay employees in
Tunisia, hassle-free

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

Currency

Tunisian Dinar (TND)

Capital

Tunis

Official Language

Tunisian Arabic

Payroll Cycle

Monthly

Onboard, pay and manage employees in Tunisia with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Tunisia, 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 Tunisia 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 Tunisia
built right in

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

  • Pension
  • Public Health Insurance
  • Transport Premium and Attendance Bonus
  • Workplace Accident Insurance

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Minimum Wage Requirements

The minimum monthly wage for full-time employees is TND 459.26. 

Individual Income Tax

The individual income tax ranges from 0% to 35%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates such as the household status and the number of children.

Gross Annual Income

Personal income tax rate

Personal income tax rate including social security contribution

Up to TND 5,000

0%

0%-0.05%*

From TND 5,000 to 20,000

26%

26.5%

From TND 20,000 to 30,000

28%

28.5%

From TND 30,000 to 50,000

32%

32.5%

Over TND 50,000

35%

35.5%

*From January 2020, the SCC rate of 0% applies only to individuals realizing exclusively salaries, wages, pensions, and life annuities whose annual net income does not exceed TND 5,000.

Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated at 17% of the employee salary.

  • Social Security Employer - 16.57%
  • Work accident - 0.50%

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.

Overtime payment is not mandatory and may be included in the salary. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 20 hours of overtime a week. For additional hours, employees are paid between 150%-200% of the hourly wage depending on the agreement between the employee and employer.

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Hiring in Tunisia, hassle-free

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

Group (8)

Starting at 599 USD

Management fee

Group (9)

17%

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