How to Hire in Argentina From the US

Yes. US companies have three legal options for hiring employees in Argentina: setting up a local entity, using an Employer of Record (EOR), or engaging independent contractors. A hiring partner adds recruiting on top. Employees fall under the Ley de Contrato de Trabajo, as amended by Ley Bases in 2024 and the Ley de Modernización Laboral in 2026.

Pick a route first: an EOR or hiring partner that employs people on your behalf, your own entity (an S.A., S.R.L. or S.A.S. registered with the IGJ and ARCA), or contractors for short, deliverable-based work. Then register each employee with ARCA before the start date, enroll them in an obra social and work-risk insurance (ART), and run monthly payroll with social security and Ganancias withholding.

Employ the engineer through an EOR, a hiring partner or your own entity, register them with ARCA before day one, pay 20.4% or 18% social security plus 6% obra social and ART each month, withhold the employee’s 17% and income tax, and pay the aguinaldo in June and December. Since 2026 salary can be paid in USD into the engineer’s bank account. LatamCent recruits and vets the engineers and handles the employment side for you.

Check whether the provider recruits or only runs payroll, whether it employs people through its own Argentine entity, and whether its quote shows statutory costs separately from its fee. Ask how it handles USD pay, the aguinaldo, the 2026 labor reform and replacements if a hire doesn’t work out. A hiring partner like LatamCent covers sourcing, vetting and compliance under one engagement.

Remote employees are hired like any other employee, through an EOR, a hiring partner or your own entity. Since the 2026 reform, salary can be paid in pesos or foreign currency, into a bank account in the employee’s name. Put the remote arrangement in writing: the Telework Law applies until December 31, 2026, and the general labor law and collective agreements take over from January 1, 2027.

Yes, for short-term, deliverable-based work. Contractors usually register under the monotributo regime and invoice for their services. Since Ley Bases and the 2026 reform, the presumption of employment doesn’t apply when the contractor invoices and is paid through banks, but courts can still reclassify a relationship with fixed hours, exclusivity and direct supervision.

Senior software engineers working remotely for US companies typically earn about USD 5,000 to 6,500 a month. On top of salary, employers pay about 29% a month in social security, obra social and work-risk insurance, and the aguinaldo adds an extra month a year, about 40% in total. A salary of 3,500,000 ARS a month is about $2,309 at the October 2026 rate, or about $2,979 with contributions.

Senior software engineers working remotely for US companies earn about USD 5,000 to 6,500 a month, and mid-level engineers about USD 4,000 to 5,200. A comparable US senior engineer costs roughly two to two and a half times more.

No. A local entity is only one option. It makes sense once you plan several long-term hires or need a local presence. For a first hire or a team under ten people, an EOR or a hiring partner gives you compliant employment without opening a subsidiary.

Argentina runs on UTC-3 all year with no daylight saving time, two hours ahead of US Eastern in winter and one hour ahead in summer. On a 9 to 5 schedule that is 6 hours of overlap with Eastern teams in winter and 7 in summer.

The standard schedule is 8 hours a day and 48 a week, with overtime paid at 50% extra on regular days and 100% on weekends and holidays. Indefinite contracts are the default, probation lasts 6 months, notice after probation is 1 month under 5 years of service and 2 months after, and dismissal without cause costs one month’s pay per year of service.