Global Payroll Services in Greece

Already have a Greek entity, or running payroll across several countries? We place you with a vetted Greek payroll partner who keeps income tax, social insurance, and filings exactly right, while you stay the legal employer and we stay on your side.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners
  • Multi-country ready

What running payroll in Greece involves

If you already employ people through your own Greek entity (an IKE), you stay the legal employer, but you still have to run Greek payroll correctly every month. The tax office (AADE) and the social insurance funds run a tightly integrated system, which means errors are visible and penalties are real. This is where a specialist payroll partner earns its place: you keep the employment relationship, they

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You stay the employer

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

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Accurate every cycle

income tax and social contributions calculated and withheld correctly, payslips issued, and filings made to the AADE and insurance funds on schedule, every month.

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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 Greek payroll works, step by step

From onboarding your employee data to filing and reconciliation.

01 — Scope & onboard

We map your entity, headcount, and pay structure, place you with the right vetted Greek payroll partner, and onboard your employee data.

02 — Set up calculations

income tax, social insurance rates, and any statutory benefits configured correctly to current Greek law, so every payslip is right from the first run.

03 — Run monthly payroll

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

04 — File & reconcile

Filings to the AADE and insurance funds made on time, with year-end reconciliation handled for you.

What payroll in Greece costs

Your statutory employer costs, plus a payroll partner fee. Greece’s employer burden is substantial; the value of the partner is accuracy and time, in a system where mistakes are visible and penalised.

Employer social contributions

21.79% of gross, split across primary and supplementary pension, healthcare, and unemployment insurance, calculated to the 2026 ceiling on every payroll run so nothing is missed at year-end.

Minimum wage (2026)

€920 per month from 1 April 2026 (up from €880), paid in 14 annual instalments, the statutory floor for full-time work.

Income tax (employee)

Progressive income tax of 9-44% under Law 5246/2025, withheld monthly via payroll. Borne by the employee, calculated and filed correctly each month.

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 relationship, every market

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

Greece’s 21.79% statutory employer cost does not change by provider. The processing fee on top of it does. We benchmark that fee across our payroll network for rates typically 15 to 25% below going direct, and renegotiate it for you at renewal.

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

Greek regulations that expose risk

The social insurance ceilings, the fund notifications, the continued sick-pay rules, the year-end. 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 Europe. Greece restructured its income tax bands under Law 5246/2025 from 1 January 2026, cutting several rates and adding a new bracket. Getting withholding right against the new scale from day one is exactly the kind of change two decades of doing this keeps you ahead of.

  • 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 filings EFKA checks first

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

Social insurance & income tax

Misapplying the social insurance ceilings. Getting the employer versus employee split on the additional health contribution wrong. Mishandling continued remuneration (incapacity benefit) during sickness. Each is easy to get wrong alone and visible to the authorities when you do.

Filings, deadlines & reporting

Late remittance to the AADE or insurance funds, 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 Greek payroll partner right.

What managed payroll covers

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

income tax & social insurance

Compliant Greek payroll processed monthly, with income tax and social contributions correct every run.

Payroll & filings

Monthly payroll run, with income tax and the five social insurance contributions calculated, withheld, and filed correctly each month.

Statutory benefits

All statutory benefits administered: annual leave, sick pay, 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 Greece.

Do I need a Greek entity to use payroll services?

Yes. Payroll outsourcing assumes you are the legal employer, which usually means you have a Greek entity (an IKE). 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 social insurance, statutory benefits and leave, payslips, and all filings to the AADE and insurance funds, with year-end reconciliation. You keep the employment relationship; they keep it compliant and on time.

Greek payroll must apply the current income tax bands and social insurance ceilings correctly, so withholding is right from the first run. The ceilings and the additional health contribution change periodically, and getting them wrong is one of the most common payroll mistakes.

Less than most of Western Europe. Employer social contributions are around 21.79% on top of gross; the smaller 13.37% social contribution is borne by the employee. 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 Greek payroll, and manage the handover so nothing is missed.

Need compliant payroll in Greece?

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 June 2026 (official Greek sources, PwC, OECD). Figures change; we confirm the current position when we scope your payroll.