Global Payroll Services in Argentina

Already have an Argentine entity, or running payroll across several countries? We place you with a vetted Argentine payroll partner who keeps income tax, pension, PAMI, obra social, and ARCA filings exactly right on figures that move every few months, while you stay the legal employer and we stay on your side.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners
  • Multi-country ready

What running payroll in Argentina involves

If you already employ people through your own Argentine entity, you stay the legal employer, but you still have to run payroll correctly every month: income tax and pension to ARCA, PAMI to the national pensioners’ fund, and obra social to the applicable union health fund, three separate obligations rather than one, on figures that ARCA and ANSES revise every few months. This is where a specialist payroll partner earns its place: you keep the employment relationship, they keep the mechanics right across all three.

01

You stay the employer

You stay the legal employer of your Argentine staff. The payroll partner runs the monthly mechanics; you keep the employment relationship.

02

Accurate every cycle

Income tax, pension, PAMI, and obra social calculated and withheld correctly, payslips issued, and statutory filings made to ARCA and the relevant obra social on schedule, every month.

03

Multi-country consolidation

Run payroll across several markets under one partner and one process, rather than a different vendor and standard in every country.

How managed Argentine payroll works, step by step

From onboarding your employee data to filing and reconciliation.

01 — Scope & onboard

We map your entity, headcount, and where you employ people, place you with the right vetted Argentine payroll partner, and onboard your employee data.

02 — Set up calculations

Income tax, pension, PAMI, obra social, and any statutory benefits configured correctly to current Argentine rules, so every payslip is right from the first run.

03 — Run monthly payroll

Salaries calculated, income tax, pension, PAMI, and obra social withheld, payslips issued, and people paid on schedule, every cycle.

04 — File & reconcile

Statutory filings to ARCA, ANSES, and the relevant obra social made on time, with annual reconciliation handled for you.

What payroll in Argentina costs

Your statutory employer costs, plus a payroll partner fee. Argentina’s employer burden is split across several systems and the underlying figures move every few months; the value of the partner is accuracy and time, in a system where mistakes are visible and penalised.

Employer pension, PAMI & obra social

20.40% of gross salary (18% for qualifying MiPyMEs) calculated to the SIPA ceiling of ARS 4,509,567.41/month, plus a separate 6% obra social contribution with no cap, configured correctly every payroll run.

Minimum wage (2026)

The SMVM is currently ARS 372,400 per month (ARS 1,862 per hour), one national rate that the Consejo Nacional del Empleo has reset roughly every month through 2026.

Income tax (employee)

A progressive Impuesto a las Ganancias scale running from 5% up to 35%, recalculated by ARCA every six months for inflation, calculated and filed correctly on every payslip.

Payroll partner fee

A transparent per-employee or per-payslip fee. We benchmark across our vetted network, typically 15 to 25% below going direct.

Why run it through Bradford Jacobs

One partner, many countries

If you run payroll across several markets, we consolidate it through vetted partners under one point of contact, not a different vendor and a different standard in every country.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners only
  • On your side at renewal

Pricing you can’t get direct

Argentina runs several separate mandatory systems, pension, PAMI, and obra social, on figures that move every few months, and getting the split or the current ceiling wrong on a payslip is an easy, visible mistake. We benchmark across our payroll network for rates typically 15 to 25% below going direct, and renegotiate for you at renewal.

  • 15-25% below direct
  • Network benchmarking
  • Renegotiated for you

Fast-moving rules that expose risk

The pension/PAMI/obra social contribution split, the semi-annual income-tax re-indexation, and the quarterly SIPA ceiling reset. We place you with partners who get the specifics right, and we stay on your side if anything needs escalating.

  • Direct escalation
  • No support queues
  • Named account contact

20+ years and the local detail

Two decades running compliant payroll across global markets, the deadlines, the filings, the year-end detail that exposes risk.

  • Two decades of payroll
  • Deadlines & filings
  • Year-end handled

Built to scale across markets

Run payroll in one country or twenty through one partner and one process. As you add markets, the standard does not fragment, you keep a single point of contact and consistent compliance everywhere.

  • One process everywhere
  • Single point of contact
  • Consistent compliance

The payroll slips ARCA never misses

These are the ones that catch foreign employers, and the reason a specialist partner pays for itself.

Tax & deduction rates

Applying a bracket or non-taxable minimum that ARCA has already re-indexed for inflation. Getting the employer-versus-employee pension, PAMI, and obra social split wrong. Missing the aguinaldo or a statutory leave entitlement. Each is easy to get wrong alone and visible to ARCA and ANSES when you do.

Filings, deadlines & reporting

Late remittance to ARCA, ANSES, or the relevant obra social, where penalties and interest apply automatically. None of these are hard for a specialist; all are easy to get wrong alone. That is the whole case for getting your Argentine payroll partner right.

What managed payroll covers

One transparent fee covers the full monthly payroll cycle. No hidden extras.

Tax, pension & obra social

Compliant Argentine payroll processed monthly, with income tax, pension, PAMI, and obra social correct every run.

Payroll & filings

Monthly payroll run, with income tax, pension, PAMI, and obra social calculated, withheld, and filed correctly each month.

Statutory benefits

All statutory benefits administered: annual leave, the aguinaldo, parental leave, notice and severance.

Compliance & support

Ongoing HR compliance and a single point of contact, for the life of the engagement.

Your questions answered

Straight answers on running compliant payroll in Argentina.

Do I need an Argentine entity to use payroll services?

Yes. Payroll outsourcing assumes you are the legal employer, which usually means you have an Argentine entity. If you have no entity and do not want one yet, you need an EOR instead, where the partner is the legal employer. We will confirm which applies to you.

Income tax calculation and remittance, employer and employee pension, PAMI, and obra social contributions, statutory benefits and leave, payslips, and all statutory filings to ARCA, ANSES, and the relevant obra social. You keep the employment relationship; they keep it compliant and on time.

Since the 2024 reform, Impuesto a las Ganancias brackets and non-taxable minimums are re-indexed automatically every six months against accumulated inflation, rather than adjusted ad hoc, and the tax authority itself was renamed from AFIP to ARCA (Agencia de Recaudacion y Control Aduanero) in October 2024. The mechanics employers must run did not change, but the numbers now move on a fixed calendar, January and July, so a payroll partner working from a stale table is a real and recurring risk in Argentina, not a one-off transition cost.

Roughly 26.4% of gross salary (24% for qualifying MiPyMEs): 20.40% (18% for MiPyMEs) in pension, PAMI, and family-allowance contributions up to the SIPA ceiling, plus a separate 6% obra social contribution, uncapped. Add the transparent payroll partner fee and you have your all-in cost.

Yes, and it is one of the main reasons companies come to us. One point of contact and a consistent process across markets, rather than a separate provider and a different standard in every country.

Yes. When you incorporate and become the legal employer, we move your people from the EOR arrangement onto your own compliant Argentine payroll, and manage the handover so nothing is missed.

Need compliant payroll in Argentina?

Tell us your entity setup and headcount and we will come back with the right partner and pricing you will not get direct, usually within a day. One process, every country you operate in.

Tax and labour data verified 17 July 2026 (ARCA, ANSES, Boletin Oficial). Argentina re-indexes income-tax bands every six months and the minimum wage every few months, so treat these as good only until the next scheduled update; we confirm the current position when we scope your payroll.