The building blocks of Egyptian payroll
Egyptian payroll is calculated monthly and filed monthly. The essentials are consistent across employers.
- Progressive income tax withholding for the Egyptian Tax Authority
- Employer and employee social insurance on the declared insurable wage
- Bilingual Arabic and English payslips
- Leave, bonus, allowance and benefit processing
- End-of-service accruals and settlement calculations
Where foreign employers get exposed
Risk usually comes from shortcuts taken before the team grew.
Paying from abroad
Paying Egyptian staff offshore without registration leaves tax and social insurance obligations unmet.
Wrong insurable wage
Social insurance declared on a nominal salary instead of actual earnings creates retroactive liability.
No Arabic documentation
Payslips and contracts should exist in Arabic for enforceability and inspection readiness.
What you receive each month
A dedicated Arabic-speaking payroll specialist prepares the payroll register for approval, distributes payslips, completes tax and social insurance submissions, and provides GL journal exports so your finance team can close the month without translation work.
No Egyptian entity?
If you are not registered in Egypt, payroll alone is not enough. Our EOR service becomes the legal employer so your Egyptian team is paid compliantly.