Employer of record in Serbia
22 sourced figures on hiring in Serbia, drawn from 10 sources and normalized for comparison: statutory rules, employer cost and exactly what an EOR covers locally. Every figure is dated.
Hiring here: moderately complex, mid-range on cost, and fast to hire via EOR.
Employer of record in Serbia: the statutory snapshot
The headline employer costs, pay floor and worker protections for hiring in Serbia through an employer of record, each figure sourced and dated. 32 EOR providers cover Serbia.
| Minimum wage | RSD 87,207/mo | Eurostat, 2026-07-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Employer social security | 15.15% | ISSA Country Profiles, 2024-01-01 |
| Corporate tax | 15% | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, 2026-02-25 |
| Notice period | None | World Bank Employing Workers / B-READY, 2019-05-01 |
| Severance | 7.7 weeks | World Bank Employing Workers / B-READY, 2019-05-01 |
| Public holidays | 11 | Nager.Date (open public-holiday dataset), 2026-01-01 |
| Maternity leavePaid leave available to mothers, incl. mother-eligible parental leave | 52.1 weeks | World Bank Women, Business and the Law, 2026-02-23 |
As of 2026-08-14. Each value is the winning figure from primary and harmonized sources, resolved by a documented priority chain. Full record with provenance below.
Reading the data
What the figures say about Serbia
Employing someone in Serbia carries a statutory minimum wage of RSD 87,207 per month, while the employer social security contribution rate sits at 15.15% on top of gross payroll, with employees themselves contributing a further 19.9%. The corporate tax rate is 15% and the top personal income tax rate is 10%, the latter being notably low relative to the social security burden workers carry. Serbia's labour force stands at 3.3 million people, with an unemployment rate of 7.12% as of 2025. When it comes to exit costs, statutory severance amounts to 7.7 weeks of pay, and there is no statutory notice period requirement. On the leave side, maternity leave runs to 52.1 weeks, while paternity leave stands at just 1 week, and employees are entitled to 11 public holidays per year. There is no statutory 13th salary, which keeps one common hidden payroll cost off the table for employers.
Where to start
Three ways to hire in Serbia
You are the employer. Lowest per head cost at scale, months to establish.
You direct the work, the provider's local entity is the employer on paper. Compliant in days.
See the 32 providers below ↓Not your employee. Fastest and cheapest, with misclassification exposure.
The full record
Every figure behind the snapshot
Not a guide, a record: 22 figures for Serbia from 10 sources, last refreshed 2026-08-14. Each value carries its source and the date it was pulled. Hover any provenance tag for the full chain.
Average monthly earnings in Serbia by occupation (2025)
Gross monthly earnings of employees per ISCO-08 major occupation group, in RSD — the official ILOSTAT survey figures, not estimates. Use them to sanity-check an offer before an EOR quote turns it into total employer cost.
| Occupation group | Monthly (RSD) | ≈ USD |
|---|---|---|
| All occupations | 1,380 | $1,559 |
| Managers · ISCO 1 | 2,260 | $2,554 |
| Professionals · ISCO 2 | 1,924 | $2,174 |
| Technicians and associate professionals · ISCO 3 | 1,468 | $1,659 |
| Clerical support workers · ISCO 4 | 1,191 | $1,346 |
| Service and sales workers · ISCO 5 | 1,037 | $1,172 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers · ISCO 6 | 839 | $949 |
| Craft and related trades workers · ISCO 7 | 1,224 | $1,383 |
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers · ISCO 8 | 1,311 | $1,482 |
| Elementary occupations · ISCO 9 | 920 | $1,039 |
Source: ILOSTAT (EAR_EMTA, employees, both sexes), reference year 2025. Survey earnings differ from statutory minimums above.
The differentiator
What an EOR handles in Serbia
An EOR removes the entity and the payroll machinery. It does not remove your obligations as the people manager.
Provider × country
Who can employ in Serbia
32 providers operate an EOR in Serbia, ranked by Select Score.
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