The compliant layer between you and your contractors
Hire contractors. Give them employee-grade benefits
One agreement, 150+ countries, payroll your contractors can rely on — without standing up a full EOR seat.
Software Engineer
Designer
Growth Marketer
Product Manager
Sales Manager
Data Analyst150+ countries covered
Hire contractors in 150+ countries without opening a local entity in any of them. Salary.io acts as the Contractor-of-Record, so each person works under a locally compliant agreement. You manage the whole roster — role, country, status and pay — from one view. Adding the next country takes the same few minutes as the first.
Contractors
150+ countries- Software EngineerIndiaPaid$2,500Paid
- DesignerArgentinaActive$1,200Active
- Growth MarketerUAEPaid$4,200Paid
- Product ManagerRomaniaOnboarding$3,000Onboarding
- Sales ManagerPhilippinesActive$1,500Active
Hiring, onboarding and payroll in a few clicks
Send an offer, collect documents and run payroll from one place. Contracts, tax forms and banking details are gathered for you, so onboarding does not stall in someone's inbox. On payday you approve a single run and everyone is paid in their local currency. The platform fee is one flat plan per contractor a month, with no per-country setup.
Payroll run · June 2026
5 contractors- Software Engineer$2,500
- Designer$1,200
- Growth Marketer$4,200
- Product Manager$3,000
- Sales Manager$1,500
Live in 48 hours
Most contractors are ready to work within 48 hours of signing. Identity checks, the Service Agreement and local compliance are handled before the first day, not after it. Every engagement sits behind GDPR, AML, PCI DSS and automated KYC controls. You move quickly without cutting the corners that keep you safe.
Onboarding
- Agreement signed
- Identity verified
- Tax and banking collected
One agreement, full benefits
One Service Agreement with Salary.io covers every contractor, in every country. Your team keeps employee-grade benefits — health cover, retirement, paid time off and an equipment stipend — without you standing up local payroll for each person. Benefits stay with the contractor, so keeping good people is not a question of geography. It is the alternative to a full EOR seat, with the same protections and far less overhead.
Service Agreement · Salary.io
Signed · Contractor ↔ Salary.io- Health insuranceEnrolled
- Retirement / pensionEnrolled
- Paid time offEnrolled
- Equipment stipendEnrolled
Comparison
Global hiring. No more choosing between two extremes
Salary.io brings full-time stability into the contractor model. Companies keep flexibility. Contractors get the benefits.
Choose your side
Same global team. Two very different operating realities.
Without Salary.io
- The bank froze a transfer to your developer in Manila — again
- A contractor came back claiming the IP you already paid for
- An invoice in USD their tax office refuses to accept
- You found out your $7k senior was quietly replaced by a junior
With Salary.io
- Compliant payouts in 150+ countries
- IP and NDA enforceable locally
- Invoices in local currency
- You always know who does the work
See it on your team's setup
Book a demoWho it's for
Built for teams like yours
Tech startups under 50 — no dedicated hiring or onboarding team
50–250 people, post-Series A — international team already growing
Gamedev studios — external artists and engineers on every project
Agencies & outstaff — you pay other people's contractors every month
Contractors in 5+ countries — every new country adds legal and banking pain
US, UK, Canada — where your company is incorporated
If three or more sound familiar, the demo will be worth your 30 minutes.
How it works
From kickoff to live in 48 hours
What you get
Everything global hiring needs. Nothing extra.
countries, one workflow. Local compliance, local currency, one invoice.
- Maria SantosBackend engineer · PhilippinesPaid $2,500
Lucas MartinsProduct designer · BrazilPaid $3,100- Priya SharmaQA lead · IndiaPaid $2,200
- Health stipendEnrolled
- Paid time offEnrolled
- EquipmentEnrolled
- L&D budgetEnrolled
- VerifiedAndrei Popescu · RomaniaPassport · Proof of address
- VerifiedAmara Otieno · KenyaNational ID · Selfie match
per contractor / month. No per-payment fees, no FX markup surprises.
Your brand
Your brand. Your global team.
Salary.io is the infrastructure. Every touchpoint your contractors encounter reflects your brand — from the onboarding portal and benefits to payment notifications. They genuinely feel like members of your team, not users of a third-party platform.
- Branded onboarding portal
- Branded benefits
- Branded payment notifications
Compliance
Compliance your finance and legal teams can audit
The controls and audit trail your finance and legal teams need — included by default, not sold as an add-on.
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- Audit-ready, every payoutEvery transaction is signed, time-stamped and exportable as a regulator-ready ledger — no spreadsheet rebuild required.
- Automated KYC on every contractorIdentity and sanctions screening at onboarding, kept current.
- Localized contracts in 150+ countriesEach agreement is reviewed by in-country counsel — never AI-generated boilerplate.
- Audit logs on every workspaceImmutable activity history, exportable anytime.
Questions teams ask us
FAQWe onboard them in waves—typically 10 to 15 people per month. We start with a pilot in one country, then roll out to the rest.
Give your contractors employee-grade benefits
One agreement for 150+ countries. Real benefits your contractors keep. Payroll your team can rely on.