Calculate Employee Costs Globally | Deel

curl -X POST https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/eor/employment_cost \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
  "data": {
    "salary": 60000,
    "country": "Germany",
    "currency": "EUR",
    "state": "Bavaria",
    "benefits": [
      {
        "provider_id": "123",
        "plan_id": "basic-health"
      }
    ],
    "country_code": "DE"
  }
}'

{
  "costs": [
    {
      "name": "Base Salary",
      "amount": "60000",
      "country": "Germany",
      "frequency": "annually",
      "country_code": "DE"
    },
    {
      "name": "Health Insurance",
      "amount": "3000",
      "country": "Germany",
      "frequency": "annually",
      "country_code": "DE"
    }
  ],
  "salary": "60000",
  "country": "Germany",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "deel_fee": "500",
  "frequency": "annually",
  "total_costs": "63500",
  "country_code": "DE",
  "benefits_data": [
    {
      "name": "Health Insurance",
      "plan": "basic-health",
      "amount": "3000",
      "fee_amount": "0"
    }
  ],
  "employer_costs": "3500",
  "additional_data": {
    "additional_notes": [
      "Severance accrual not included in calculation."
    ]
  },
  "severance_accural": "0"
}

Calculates the total employment cost for an EOR arrangement in a specified country, returning a breakdown that includes employer costs, benefits, platform fees, and severance accrual.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Authentication

The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail.

1 curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \
2   -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE'

Learn more about authentication

## Authentication The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail. ```curl curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE' ``` [Learn more about authentication](/api/authentication)

AuthorizationBearer

Standard OAuth2 security scheme based on https://swagger.io/docs/specification/authentication/

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

dataobjectOptional

Response

Successfully calculated employee costs.

costslist of objects

salarystring

The base salary for the employee.

countrystring

The country where the employee is based.

currencystring

The currency used for cost calculation.

deel_feestring

The Deel fee for managing the employee.

frequencystring

Frequency of the salary payment (e.g., monthly).

total_costsstring

Total employment costs.

country_codestring

ISO Alpha-2 code of the country.

benefits_datalist of objects

employer_costsstring

Costs incurred by the employer.

additional_dataobject

severance_accuralstring

Severance accrual costs.

Errors

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

404

Not Found Error

1	curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \
2	-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE'