Contractor vs employer of record in Georgia: cost at every pay level
The same person, the same take-home pay, two ways to engage them. In Georgia the employer of record costs 112% more at $600 a month and 43% more at $4,000.
| Invoice | Contractor: you pay | Take-home | EOR salary for that take-home | Employer items | EOR: you pay | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $600 | $649 | $594 | $762 | $15 | $1,376 | 112% |
| $900 | $949 | $891 | $1,142 | $23 | $1,764 | 86% |
| $1,200 | $1,249 | $1,188 | $1,523 | $30 | $2,153 | 72% |
| $1,800 | $1,849 | $1,782 | $2,285 | $46 | $2,929 | 58% |
| $2,500 | $2,549 | $2,475 | $3,173 | $63 | $3,836 | 50% |
| $4,000 | $4,049 | $3,960 | $5,077 | $102 | $5,777 | 43% |
In percent the EOR premium shrinks as pay rises, from 112% at $600 to 43% at $4,000; in money it goes from $727 to $1,728 a month.
The largest employer item is pension contribution (employer) at $600 at every level shown.
Confirmed EOR providers for Georgia: Remote from $599 a month12. Prices are list prices from the vendors' pages; ask for a country quote.
What the premium is made of: at $600 the provider fee over the contractor platform is $550, employer items $15 and the higher gross salary for the same take-home $162, so the provider fee weighs most; at $4,000 they are $550, $102 and $1,077, and the higher gross salary leads instead.
Over a year, at our open vacancies' midpoints: An executive assistant on $900: $11,388 in year one as a contractor, $21,170 through an EOR; A customer support specialist on $900: $11,388 in year one as a contractor, $21,170 through an EOR.
By role
At each role's starting pay the premium is widest for administrative assistants, data entry specialists, HR assistants and narrowest for marketing specialists, project coordinators, paralegals.
Employer items in Georgia
- Pension contribution (employer): 2% of gross3
Employee deductions in Georgia
No other employer payroll tax is listed by PwC for Georgia.
When an EOR is worth it
An EOR makes sense when the person must be an employee: an activity a contractor regime excludes, a long full-time job where the person wants employee social security, a company policy against contractors, or work that looks like employment (set hours, one client, your direction), where the misclassification risk is yours. Otherwise the contractor route costs less at every pay level in the table above.
Questions
Contractor or EOR in Georgia: which costs less?
The contractor route, at every pay level in the table: the EOR adds 43%–112% to keep the same take-home pay.
What does an employer of record cost in Georgia?
From $599 a month in provider fees, plus the employer items in Georgia on the salary.
Not tax or legal advice: rates depend on the person’s registration and activity. Corrections: hello@silkstaff.com.
Sources
4 sources, with links
- Remote country explorer: Georgia: remote.com
- Remote pricing: remote.com
- PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Georgia, Individual - Other taxes (pension contributions): taxsummaries.pwc.com
- PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Georgia, Individual - Taxes on personal income: taxsummaries.pwc.com
How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.