Hire your remote team in Egypt

Rivermate is a global employment solutions company that provides Employer of Record services in Egypt.

As an employer of record, we help you hire employees and run payroll services in Egypt, allowing you to avoid the necessity of first establishing a branch office or subsidiary in Egypt.

It is not necessary to establish an entity in order to hire an employee. We can hire your employee in any country with a few mouse clicks. Using our Employer of Record solution, you can have full compliance, benefits, and automated payments.

If you wish to hire a remote team in Egypt or individually hire remote employees in Egypt, Rivermate’s global employer of record services will make sure that the process will be as seamless as possible for you.

Send us a message so we can talk about how Rivermate’s Employer of Record Egypt services can best help your company!

Egypt's cost of living is $418, which is 2.23 times less expensive than the global average. Egypt was ranked 189th out of 197 countries in terms of cost of living, and the 80th best place to live.

In Egypt, the average after-tax salary is $232, which is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months.

Egypt has a thriving agricultural industry that employs over 24 million people. It is the world's biggest date producer. It is also a global leader in the production of crops such as figs, onion, eggplant, strawberry, tomato, and watermelon. Egypt exported 4.8 million tons of agricultural commodities worth $2.16 billion from 2019 to 2020. It intends to increase profits to USD 2.2 billion this year.

The textile and garment industry is one of Egypt's top employers. It accounts for around 3% of GDP and 27% of industrial production. This industry employs more than 300,000 people. The United States is the country's major export partner, accounting for 80% of total exports.

Egypt has a significant steel industry. It is the world's 23rd biggest steel manufacturer, with 7.3 million tons produced in 2020. In 2020, it expects to export roughly USD 700 million in steel. Steel is a critical industry whose output affects many other industries.

In 2019, the tourist sector contributed roughly USD 32 billion to the country's GDP. Because of the epidemic, the sum fell to USD 14.4 billion in 2020. Tourism will recover as global travel resumes normalcy. The industry generates a significant amount of foreign cash and economic activity in the nation. It employed 2.4 million people in 2019, but because to the pandemic, that amount fell to 1.6 million in 2020.

Egypt's average download speed is at 98.67 Mbps. At 53.22 Mbps, the upload speed is slower.

The maximum working hours in Egypt are eight hours per day and 48 hours per week.

Employees who have worked for their company for one year are entitled to 21 days of yearly leave.

Employees with social security are entitled to three months of paid maternity leave for up to three children. Women are also allowed to two and a half hour breastfeeding breaks.

Paternity leave is not covered by Egyptian labor legislation.

Egypt's labor laws are comprised of the following statutes.

- Law No. 12/2003, governing employer-employee relations in the private sector

- Civil workers are governed by Law No. 47/1978.

- Law No. 48/1978, controlling personnel in the public sector

- Law No. 203/1991, covering particular criteria for workers in the state's public commercial sector

- Numerous decrees supplement the preceding laws. The Egyptian Civil Code applies to matters that are not addressed by any statute.

Egypt attempted to address structural issues such as failing formal industries and stifling non-oil exports. However, just as things were looking up, the epidemic and the subsequent worldwide economic shutdown halted development and exposed even more serious issues. An economy that expanded at 5.56% in 2019 grew at 3.57% in 2020 and is expected to grow at 2.47% in 2021.

Egypt's monthly minimum wage is 2,400 EGP.