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What does a developer abroad really cost?

Pick the country and the monthly pay. See the same person as a contractor, a contractor of record, an employee of an employer of record and an employee of your own local company, side by side: monthly and yearly cost, the EOR deposit, what a reclassification can reach back to, and how many people it takes for an own entity to win.

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The person

CountryEmployer charges per country are in the notes under the tableGross pay ($ a month)The salary, or the invoice if they were a contractorContractor premium (%)How much more a contractor asks than the employee grossPeople in this countryUsed for the own-entity row and the break-even

Fees and risk

Contractor platform ($ a month)Deel $49, Remote $29 ($99 Plus), Oyster $29Contractor of record ($ a month)Deel and Remote list $325Employer of record ($ a month)Deel and Remote $599, Oyster $699 (list, October 2026)Own entity, running cost ($ a year)Accounting, audit and filings before payroll; replace with your quoteOwn entity, setup ($ once)Registration; the India quote was $1,700 to $2,100Reclassification look-back (years)Poland reaches back up to five

Before you pick a route

The cheapest column is not the cheapest deal for the same person, and the route that is cheapest today can turn into a bill for five years back. The article behind this tool covers list prices for Deel, Remote and Oyster, the Polish reclassification rules from July 2026, who owns the code and a five-question decision: a developer in another country: contractor, employer of record or your own entity. Once there are three to five people in one country, read the first foreign subsidiary: cost-plus transfer pricing.

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