Your team in Argentina. Without opening a local entity.
We hire and administer your team in Argentina. You set tasks and direct the work; we manage contracts, payroll and employment administration.
We employ. You direct.
Under the Employer of Record (EOR) model, éxodo is the legal employer of your team in Argentina. We manage employment contracts, payroll, contributions and insurance.
Your company decides whom to bring on, their tasks and their goals. Before starting, we agree on responsibilities, costs and the documentation you will receive.
Clear from day one.
Legal hiring
Registration with the tax authority, an employment contract under the applicable collective agreement, union registration, workers' compensation and health coverage. All in order from day one.
Payroll and contributions
Salary runs, social security contributions, the statutory 13th salary, vacation pay and monthly payroll filings. On time, every month.
Employment administration
Compliance with the Labor Contract Law, collective agreements, union rules and provincial regulations. Continuously audited.
Insurance and workers' comp
Active workers' compensation cover, the mandatory life insurance, and handling of workplace accidents and occupational illness.
Directing the team
You set the tasks, the goals, the hours and the priorities. Your team works under your direction, as if it were your own.
Growth
We plan hiring and team changes with you. Before proceeding, we review the terms, timing and costs of each case.
You lead. We administer.
Monthly management covers contracts, payroll, contributions and documentation. You have a team to consult and a breakdown of what is managed.
No hiring
We sign the employment contract. Your team starts working under your direction from day one.
No payroll
Salaries, contributions, the 13th salary, vacation and leave are all managed here. You get a single monthly report.
No filings
Payroll tax returns, statutory declarations, labor books, union filings. All the paperwork is on us.
No dealing with agencies
Before the tax authority, the social security administration, the workers' comp insurer and the union, we are the visible party and the one answering for the relationship. Every month we hand you the documentary evidence required by article 30 of the Labor Contract Law.
No registration paperwork
We coordinate documentation and onboarding steps. We agree the start date with you and the person joining.
No structure to build
No local entity to open, no HR department to build, no law firms to retain. It all comes included.
Why hire in Argentina
and not somewhere cheaper.
If the only variable were the rate, this would be an easy decision and it would not be Argentina. These are the other three.
They work when you work
Buenos Aires is UTC−3 all year and does not observe daylight saving, which puts it one to two hours ahead of New York. A 9-to-6 day here overlaps seven to eight hours with a US East Coast day: your people and ours are online together, every day.
First in the region
Argentina ranks first in Latin America and 26th worldwide for English proficiency, at 575 against a global average of 488. In accounting and finance the score is 569, and Buenos Aires is the highest-scoring city in the region.
A market that can absorb you
Free public universities feed a professional workforce well beyond what the country's size suggests. Knowledge services are Argentina's third-largest export sector: USD 10.1 billion a year, 285,000+ formal jobs. Hiring one person here does not exhaust the bench.
English proficiency: EF English Proficiency Index 2025. Knowledge-services exports and employment: Argencon, June 2026, covering April 2025 to March 2026.
What changed in 2026.
The labor reform wrote this model into the law. Here is what changes for you.
Law 27,802 on Labor Modernization (published 6 March 2026) amended 38 statutes. For this service, what matters is article 29 of the Labor Contract Law:
Workers shall be considered direct employees of whoever registers the employment relationship, notwithstanding that they were hired with a view to using their services or to providing them to third-party companies.Unofficial translation. The binding text is the Spanish original published in the Official Gazette.
Previously, the employer was whoever used the services. Now it is whoever registers them. This is the first time Argentine law expressly contemplates hiring someone in order to provide them to a third party, and the previous wording branding the arrangement as fraud was removed.
Also: a narrower severance base, repeal of the penalties under laws 24,013, 25,323 and 25,345, court interest capped at inflation plus 3%, legal fees capped at 25% of the judgment, and a probation period of 6 to 12 months depending on company size.
The reform was suspended by an injunction between 30 March and 23 April 2026. The Court of Appeals overturned it, the Supreme Court rejected the direct appeal, and on 8 July 2026 the dismissal became final. It is now fully in force.
Neither of us bets on the exchange rate for the other.
How we invoice, in which currency, and why we do it this way.
The labor cost is invoiced in pesos, converted at the wholesale exchange rate on the payment date. The management fee is expressed in dollars. The currency conversion percentage depends on team size and is shown in the pricing table.
We do it this way because between January and July 2026 the Argentine labor cost measured in dollars rose 16.8% — inflation accumulated 19.3% against a 2.2% devaluation. A contract priced fixed in dollars passes that mismatch to someone: either the provider absorbs it and ends up cutting the service, or it resurfaces in a renegotiation six months later.
What does a team in Argentina cost?
Here is an approximate calculation, with nothing dressed up. With or without éxodo, the labor cost in Argentina is much the same. What changes is who administers it and who takes on the employer role.
Enter the months before onboarding. The example applies the same prior service to each team member; different service periods are quoted individually. Leave zero for new hires.
How the cost is made up. Alongside salary and monthly contributions, we include provisions for the 13th salary and vacation pay, plus the service’s employment termination fund. This fund is charged monthly to cover severance accruing after onboarding. It is not charged again in the initial reserve and is separate from the FAL.
This is the approximate cost of your team in Argentina, whether you administer it or we do. The salary is only part of it.
Assumptions: a services employer below the medium-company threshold (18% contributions under Decree 814/01; above it, 20.40%), office work, staff outside collective agreements and 15% annual involuntary turnover. The actual figure depends on classification, province and the applicable collective agreement, and is quoted per role.
The fee and currency conversion are calculated on labor cost excluding the employment termination fund.
The fee covers full administration of the employment relationship and the backing of the employer role. It is approximate and open to discussion based on volume, profile and duration.
All included in the monthly fee. The price is discussed according to your team profile and volume.
Indicative simulation in USD: this is neither a quote nor an employment settlement. Amounts, percentages, advance payments, reserves and refund periods are estimates, confirmed in the proposal and contract for each case. Workers’ compensation coverage, employment classification, recognized prior service and team conditions may affect the calculation. For a proposal, let's set up a call.
The fee, with no fine print.
We charge the minimum fee or the percentage of labor cost excluding the employment termination fund, whichever is higher. Currency conversion uses the same base. The fund is invoiced as a separate component of the monthly total.
Written quote within 48 hours. Tell us the role and the gross salary and we will send you one page with that position's fully loaded labor cost, the collective agreement we would apply and why, the workers' compensation rate, the fee and the exchange rate. No meeting required first. Cancellation with 60 days' notice.
From signature to the first day of work.
Your team works under your direction. We take care of hiring and administration.
Frequently asked questions about Employer of Record.
What exactly is an Employer of Record (EOR)?
How is the service billed?
What is the FAL that appears in the calculation?
What does the monthly fee include?
How does this differ from traditional staffing or a consultancy?
What responsibilities do you take on?
Can you manage staff anywhere in the country?
How does someone join the team?
And if I want to end the service?
Hiring in Argentina without a local entity?
Tell us which roles you need and how the team will work. We review scope and costs with you.
Tell us about the team you need