Global Payroll Services in Malta

Already have a Maltese entity, or running payroll across several countries? We place you with a vetted Maltese payroll partner who keeps income tax, Class One social security, and Malta Tax and Customs Administration (MTCA) 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 Malta involves

If you already employ people through your own Maltese entity, you stay the legal employer, but you still have to run payroll correctly every month: income tax and Class One social security withheld through the Final Settlement System (FSS) and remitted to MTCA, plus the statutory Government Bonus and Weekly Allowance payments that sit outside the ordinary monthly run. This is where a specialist payroll partner earns its place: you keep the employment relationship, they keep the mechanics right across all of it.

01

You stay the employer

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

02

Accurate every cycle

Income tax and Class One social security calculated and withheld correctly through the FSS, payslips issued, and statutory filings made to MTCA 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 Maltese 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 Maltese payroll partner, and onboard your employee data.

02 — Set up calculations

Income tax, Class One social security, and the statutory bonus payments configured correctly to current Maltese rules, so every payslip is right from the first run.

03 — Run monthly payroll

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

04 — File & reconcile

Statutory filings to MTCA made on time, with the annual FS7 reconciliation handled for you.

What payroll in Malta costs

Your statutory employer costs, plus a payroll partner fee. Malta’s employer burden is capped and banded rather than a flat percentage of salary; the value of the partner is accuracy and time, in a system where the wrong band or a missed bonus payment is an easy, visible mistake.

Employer social security & statutory bonuses

10% of basic weekly wage (Class One, Category I) up to a EUR 559.31 weekly threshold, fixed thereafter at EUR 55.93 a week for employees born on or after 1 January 1962, or EUR 49.04 for those born earlier, plus the statutory Government Bonus and Weekly Allowance, configured correctly every payroll run.

Minimum wage (2026)

EUR 5.74 an hour (EUR 229.44 a week) for 2026, one national rate with no regional variation to track.

Income tax (employee)

0/15/25/35% bands, calculated against the correct single, married, or parent table and filed correctly on every payslip via the FSS.

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

Malta’s Class One social security is banded by the employee’s birth year and capped weekly rather than a flat percentage, and missing the statutory Government Bonus or Weekly Allowance 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

The rules a generic payroll run misses

The Class One social-security age-banding, the two statutory bonus payments outside ordinary salary, and the annual FS7 reconciliation deadline. 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 MTCA never misses

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

Tax & deduction rates

Misapplying the four-table income-tax withholding (single, married, parent, and the FSS bands). Getting the Category I versus Category II social-security banding wrong. Missing the statutory Government Bonus or Weekly Allowance payment. Each is easy to get wrong alone and visible to MTCA when you do.

Filings, deadlines & reporting

Late FS5 remittance or a missed FS7 annual reconciliation with MTCA, 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 Maltese payroll partner right.

What managed payroll covers

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

Tax & social security

Compliant Maltese payroll processed monthly, with income tax and Class One social security correct every run.

Payroll & filings

Monthly payroll run, with income tax and Class One social security calculated, withheld, and filed correctly each month.

Statutory benefits

All statutory benefits administered: annual leave, sick pay, parental leave, and statutory notice.

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 Malta.

Do I need a Maltese entity to use payroll services?

Yes. Payroll outsourcing assumes you are the legal employer, which usually means you have a Maltese 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 Class One social security, the statutory bonus payments, statutory benefits and leave, payslips, and all statutory filings to MTCA. You keep the employment relationship; they keep it compliant and on time.

The 2026 Budget widened the income-tax bands for married and parent taxpayers, moving from a flatter two-tier structure to fuller graduated bands (the married 0% threshold now runs to EUR 15,000 before the 15% band applies, for example). It also set the year’s Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), the mechanism that resets the national minimum wage every 1 January based on Retail Price Index inflation, announced in the Budget speech each October and layered on top of a separate multi-year step increase running to 2027 under the 2023 National Minimum Wage Agreement. A good payroll partner applies the correct, current table and wage floor to each employee rather than last year’s numbers, one of the most common payroll mistakes when a Budget changes the figures.

Predictable once you factor in the statutory bonuses: 10% of basic weekly wage in Class One social security (up to a EUR 559.31 weekly threshold, then fixed at EUR 55.93 a week for employees born on or after 1 January 1962, or EUR 49.04 for those born earlier), plus the Government Bonus (EUR 135.10/year) and Weekly Allowance (EUR 121.16/year) paid outside ordinary salary. 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 Maltese payroll, and manage the handover so nothing is missed.

Need compliant payroll in Malta?

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 July 2026 (Department for Industrial and Employment Relations, Malta Tax and Customs Administration, Malta Business Registry, legislation.mt). Figures change; we confirm the current position when we scope your payroll.