Employer of record in Turkey
32 sourced figures on hiring in Turkey, drawn from 12 sources and normalized for comparison: statutory rules, employer cost and exactly what an EOR covers locally. Every figure is dated.
Hiring here: moderately complex, on the pricier side, and fast to hire via EOR.
Employer of record in Turkey: the statutory snapshot
The headline employer costs, pay floor and worker protections for hiring in Turkey through an employer of record, each figure sourced and dated. 32 EOR providers cover Turkey.
| Minimum wage | TRY 33,030/mo | Eurostat, 2026-07-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Employer social security | 18.52% | OECD |
| Tax and mandatory contributions wedgeOECD, taxes plus non-tax compulsory payments such as mandatory private pension and health contributions | 40.3% | OECD |
| Corporate tax | 25% | OECD |
| Average income tax | 14.28% | OECD |
| Notice period | 6.7 weeks | World Bank Employing Workers / B-READY, 2019-05-01 |
| Severance | 23.1 weeks | World Bank Employing Workers / B-READY, 2019-05-01 |
| Annual leave (minimum, once eligible) | 14 | National government, 2026-09-18 |
As of 2026-10-16. 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 Turkey
Turkey's statutory minimum wage is TRY 33030 per month, set against an average monthly wage of 39487 TRY for employees. Employers pay a social security rate of 18.52%, and employees pay 15%, which sits inside a tax and mandatory contributions wedge of 40.3%. The standard working week is 45 hours, while employees report working 43 hours per week in practice. Ending a contract carries a statutory severance of 23.1 weeks and a notice period of 6.7 weeks, and the employment protection score for regular contracts is 2.85 on a 0-6 scale. Leave entitlements include 14 days of statutory annual leave, 14 public holidays and 16 weeks of maternity leave, with 1 week of paternity leave and no 13th salary. Inflation stood at 34.88% in 2025, which bears on how the wage figures above should be read.
Where to start
Three ways to hire in Turkey
You are the employer. Lowest per head cost at scale, months to establish.
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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: 32 figures for Turkey from 12 sources, last refreshed 2026-10-16. Each value carries its source and the date it was pulled. Hover any provenance tag for the full chain.
Average monthly earnings in Turkey by occupation (2025)
Gross monthly earnings of employees per ISCO-08 major occupation group, in TRY — 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 (TRY) | ≈ USD |
|---|---|---|
| All occupations | 39,487 | $1,001 |
| Managers · ISCO 1 | 70,779 | $1,794 |
| Professionals · ISCO 2 | 63,271 | $1,604 |
| Technicians and associate professionals · ISCO 3 | 46,229 | $1,172 |
| Clerical support workers · ISCO 4 | 37,000 | $938 |
| Service and sales workers · ISCO 5 | 29,187 | $740 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers · ISCO 6 | 26,243 | $665 |
| Craft and related trades workers · ISCO 7 | 30,823 | $781 |
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers · ISCO 8 | 32,857 | $833 |
| Elementary occupations · ISCO 9 | 27,026 | $685 |
Source: ILOSTAT (EAR_EMTA, employees, both sexes), reference year 2025. Survey earnings differ from statutory minimums above.
What the average salary takes home in Turkey
The employee keeps an estimated 71% of gross at the average wage. For an employer, this is the gap between the offer you quote and what your hire actually receives.
Illustration at the ILOSTAT average wage using statutory rates (OECD; OECD) applied to gross pay. Individual allowances, deductions and regional rates vary — not tax advice.
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What changed in Turkey
Checked against official sources on 16 October 2026
No rule changes recorded since we began logging them.
Every figure is sourced and dated. How we verify the data →
The differentiator
What an EOR handles in Turkey
An EOR removes the entity and the payroll machinery. It does not remove your obligations as the people manager.
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Who can employ in Turkey
32 providers operate an EOR in Turkey, ranked by Select Score.
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