Global Payroll Services in Thailand

Already have a Thai entity, or running payroll across several countries? We place you with a vetted Thai payroll partner who keeps Social Security Fund contributions and Revenue Department withholding exactly right, province by province, while you stay the legal employer and we stay on your side.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners
  • Multi-country ready

What running payroll in Thailand involves

If you already employ people through your own Thai entity, you stay the legal employer, but you still have to run payroll correctly every month: personal income tax withheld and remitted to the Revenue Department, Social Security Fund contributions filed with the Social Security Office, and, if any of your staff sit near a provincial wage floor, the correct minimum wage for that specific province, not a single national figure. This is where a specialist payroll partner earns its place: you keep the employment relationship, they keep the mechanics right across all of it.

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You stay the employer

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

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Accurate every cycle

Income tax withholding and Social Security Fund contributions calculated correctly, payslips issued, and statutory filings made to the Revenue Department and the Social Security Office 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 Thai payroll works, step by step

From onboarding your employee data to filing and reconciliation.

01 — Scope & onboard

We map your entity, headcount, and which provinces you employ people in, place you with the right vetted Thai payroll partner, and onboard your employee data.

02 — Set up calculations

Income tax withholding, Social Security Fund contributions, and the correct provincial minimum wage configured correctly to current Thai rules, so every payslip is right from the first run.

03 — Run monthly payroll

Salaries calculated, income tax withheld, and Social Security Fund contributions deducted and remitted, payslips issued, and people paid on schedule, every cycle.

04 — File & reconcile

Statutory filings to the Revenue Department and the Social Security Office made on time, with annual reconciliation handled for you.

What payroll in Thailand costs

Your statutory employer costs, plus a payroll partner fee. Thailand’s Social Security Fund burden is predictable and capped; the value of the partner is getting the right provincial minimum wage applied to the right person and getting the Workmen’s Compensation Fund’s industry rate right, in a system where mistakes are visible to the Revenue Department and penalised.

Employer social insurance

5% of monthly wages to the Social Security Fund, capped at a THB 17,500 wage ceiling (raised from THB 15,000 from January 2026), plus a Workmen’s Compensation Fund contribution configured correctly for your specific industry rate every payroll run.

Minimum wage (2026)

No single national figure. THB 337 to THB 400 per day depending on province, under Wage Committee Notification No. 14, configured per employee’s actual work location, not assumed.

Income tax (employee)

8 bands from 5% up to 35% above a THB 150,000 exempt threshold, 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

Thailand runs one main social fund but a province-by-province wage map and an industry-rated accident fund, and getting either 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

Province-by-province rules that expose risk

The provincial minimum-wage map, the Social Security Fund and Workmen’s Compensation Fund contribution split, the eight-band income-tax withholding, and the annual 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 provincial wage mistakes a Thai payroll partner catches

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

Tax & deduction rates

Applying a single company-wide minimum wage instead of the correct provincial rate. Getting the Social Security Fund and Workmen’s Compensation Fund split wrong. Missing the 2025-enacted 120-day maternity leave or 15-day paternity leave entitlement. Each is easy to get wrong alone and visible to the Revenue Department and the Social Security Office when you do.

Filings, deadlines & reporting

Late remittance to the Revenue Department or the Social Security Office, 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 Thai payroll partner right.

What managed payroll covers

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

Tax, Social Security Fund & provincial-wage filings

Compliant Thai payroll processed monthly, with income tax and Social Security Fund contributions correct every run, at the correct provincial wage.

Payroll & filings

Monthly payroll run, with income tax and Social Security Fund contributions calculated, withheld, and filed correctly each month.

Statutory benefits

All statutory benefits administered: annual leave, sick pay, the enacted maternity and paternity 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 Thailand.

Do I need a Thai entity to use payroll services?

Yes. Payroll outsourcing assumes you are the legal employer, which usually means you have a Thai 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 to the Revenue Department, Social Security Fund and Workmen’s Compensation Fund contributions, applying the correct provincial minimum wage where relevant, statutory benefits and leave, payslips, and all statutory filings. You keep the employment relationship; they keep it compliant and on time.

The Social Security Fund wage ceiling rose from THB 15,000 to THB 17,500 on 1 January 2026, the first of a three-stage rise reaching THB 20,000 by 2028; the maximum monthly employer and employee contribution each rose from THB 750 to THB 875. Separately, the Labour Protection Act (No. 9) B.E. 2568 (2025) took effect in December 2025, extending maternity leave to 120 days and introducing Thailand’s first statutory paternity leave. A good payroll partner reconfigures every payslip calculation for changes like these automatically, one of the most common payroll mistakes when a scheduled statutory change lands.

Predictable at 5% of wages to the Social Security Fund, capped at THB 875/month, plus a Workmen’s Compensation Fund contribution of 0.2% to 1.0% rated by your industry, employer-funded only. 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 Thai payroll, and manage the handover so nothing is missed.

Need compliant payroll in Thailand?

Tell us your entity setup, headcount, and which provinces you operate in 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 (Social Security Office, Revenue Department, PwC). Figures change; we confirm the current position when we scope your payroll.