Oman offers a stable Gulf market with a modernised Labour Law and low direct employer taxes for expatriate staff. All-in employer cost runs around 1.12x the gross salary. Here is what to know before your first Omani hire.
Employment runs under the 2023 Labour Law, with salaries paid through the Wage Protection System and Omanisation quotas in place. Nationals are on social insurance; expatriates receive an end-of-service benefit.
For Omani nationals the employer pays social insurance; for expatriate staff the main cost is the end-of-service benefit, with a new job-security contribution added by the 2023 law.
The 2023 Labour Law added a job-security contribution and refreshed leave and termination rules, so several figures are in transition.
There is no personal income tax in Oman. Payroll compliance centres on the Wage Protection System and social insurance for nationals, which under EOR is ours.
*All figures are estimates from public sources (2025-26), pending ops verification - same basis as the EOR cost calculator. Not tax or legal advice.
Compliant Omani contract, WPS payroll, and end-of-service benefit, handled. One invoice, flat $699 per month.