Total Employee Cost 2026 (Colombia)
Salary + benefits + social security + payroll taxes.
1,55 times the salary
- Salary
- $ 1.750.905
- Transport allowance
- $ 249.095
- Employer health (8.5%)Exempt (art. 114-1)
- $ 0
- Employer pension (12%)
- $ 210.109
- ARL (0,522 %)
- $ 9.140
- Family compensation fund (4%)
- $ 70.036
- ICBF (3%) and SENA (2%)Exempt (art. 114-1)
- $ 0
- Severance (8.33%)
- $ 166.667
- Interest on severance (1%)
- $ 20.000
- Service bonus (8.33%)
- $ 166.667
- Vacation (4.17%)
- $ 72.954
Does not include work clothing, medical exams or overtime.
Calculate how much an employeereallycosts you in Colombia in 2026: salary, transport allowance, statutory benefits (severance, interest, service bonus and vacation), social security paid by the employer (health, pension and ARL occupational risk) and payroll levies (family fund, ICBF and SENA).
If your company is a legal entity, or an individual with two or more employees, it may beexempt from health, SENA and ICBF contributionsfor employees who earn less than 10 minimum wages (art. 114-1 of the Tax Code).
When to use this tool
- Before opening a position, to know what hiring really costs.
- When putting together the annual payroll budget.
- To compare hiring an employee versus a contractor.
- When setting prices that cover your team's cost.
How to calculate the cost of an employee
- 1Enter the basic monthly salary.
- 2Choose the ARL risk class of the activity.
- 3Check whether your company applies the article 114-1 exemption.
- 4Optional: enter how many employees with that salary you have to see the team's cost.
Unlimited users: adding people doesn't raise your software bill
Hiring costs money, and it shouldn't also cost you in licenses. In Katuq users are unlimited on every plan: you can add salespeople, warehouse staff and couriers without paying more per person. The price depends on the sales you process.