What do you need to know to hire in Brunei?
Brunei runs on the Brunei dollar, pegged one to one with the Singapore dollar and interchangeable with it across the country. The official language is Malay, and English is the working language of business and the courts. Each guide below takes one layer.
· Brunei guide
How does Teamed handle hiring in Brunei for you?
Teamed becomes your legal employer of record in Brunei for from $599 per employee per month, with zero FX mark-up in any currency.
Payroll, contracts, and the local employment rules run on one platform.
Real HR and legal experts manage every Brunei hire, from the first offer letter to the final day. An actual person handles your Brunei team, not a chatbot or a pooled queue. You run EOR, contractor onboarding, and entity payroll on one platform. There is no setup fee and no exit fee. Employer cost passes through at cost, itemised on every invoice.
A Brunei contractor who moves to employment keeps their record. That same employee can graduate to your own Brunei entity later, without re-onboarding. EOR is the right model for a first Brunei hire, until it isn't. We tell you when that day comes and we help you move.
- Brunei has no personal income tax on employment earnings. Employees keep their gross salary. That removes the payroll withholding step most countries impose. It also means your offer compares well on take-home pay against the wider region.
- The Brunei dollar is pegged one to one with the Singapore dollar. The two notes circulate side by side and are accepted interchangeably across Brunei. That makes pay in Brunei dollars stable and easy to budget against. Teamed runs your Brunei payroll in Brunei dollars with zero FX mark-up.
- Hiring one person in Brunei normally means setting up a local company. That is slow and costly for a single role. An Employer of Record removes that step entirely. Teamed becomes the legal employer through a vetted Brunei partner-entity so you can hire without forming anything.
Hiring in Brunei usually needs a local company to act as the employer. That is a lot of cost and time for one role.
An Employer of Record removes that. Teamed becomes the legal employer through a vetted Brunei partner. You direct the work.
Payroll runs in Brunei dollars. The fee is from $599 per employee per month, with zero FX mark-up in any currency.
Brunei sets its own employment rules. Our team confirms the current figures for your role before you sign. This page is the map. Each guide below is the detail.
One fixed fee to hire compliantly in Brunei. Zero FX mark-up. No setup fee. No exit fee. The price your finance team can forecast against without an asterisk.
How much does it cost to hire an employee in Brunei in 2026?
Teamed's fee is from $599 per employee per month.
Salary, statutory costs, and benefits pass through at cost on every invoice. Our team confirms the current statutory figures for your role.
The total cost is your employee's salary, plus the statutory employer costs Brunei sets, plus Teamed's flat fee. We confirm the current statutory figures for your role and salary before you sign. There are no setup fees and no exit fees.
Teamed's Brunei price is a starting rate, with zero FX mark-up in any currency pairing. Pay runs in Brunei dollars. The full breakdown for your role is in the cost guide.
Read the full Brunei cost breakdown
Do you need a Brunei entity to hire employees in Brunei?
No. An Employer of Record runs Brunei payroll and contracts from day one.
Your own Brunei entity starts to make sense once your local headcount grows.
Hiring one person in Brunei normally means registering a local company first. That takes time and carries ongoing filing duties. An Employer of Record is faster and cheaper at low headcount. Teamed runs Brunei payroll, contracts, and the local employment rules from day one, through a vetted partner-entity.
Your own entity becomes the better choice as your Brunei team grows. The crossover point depends on local salaries and your accounting costs. Most providers will not tell you when you have reached it. We do, and we help you move on one platform under Teamed's Graduation Model, with tenure preserved. The EOR vs entity guide runs those numbers.
Read the full Brunei EOR vs entity guide
What are payroll taxes in Brunei in 2026?
Brunei does not tax personal employment income. Employees keep their gross salary.
Employer provident fund contributions apply. Our team confirms the current rates for your role.
There is no personal income tax on employment earnings in Brunei. That removes the payroll withholding step that most countries impose. Employers do contribute to the national provident fund schemes for eligible workers. We confirm the current contribution rates and caps for your role before you sign, then run the deductions correctly.
Teamed handles every payroll filing and remittance in Brunei dollars. The tax and payroll guide sets out each current obligation for your hire.
Read the full Brunei tax and payroll guide
How do you terminate an employee in Brunei?
Notice and any severance are set by Brunei employment law.
Our team confirms the correct notice and any payment for your contract before you act.
Brunei law governs how you end an employment contract. Notice periods and any severance follow the rules and the contract terms. We confirm the correct notice and any final payment for your specific case, so the exit is clean and compliant.
You direct the decision. Teamed handles the process and the paperwork. The termination and severance guide runs the full process for Brunei.
Read the full Brunei termination and severance guide
What should you know before hiring in Brunei?
Two things shape any Brunei hire. The first is currency. Pay runs in Brunei dollars, which track the Singapore dollar one to one.
The second is the work pass. Most foreign hires need the right pass and labour quota before they can start.
Pay runs in Brunei dollars. The Brunei dollar is pegged one to one with the Singapore dollar, and the two circulate side by side. That keeps local pay stable and easy to forecast. Teamed runs payroll in Brunei dollars with zero FX mark-up in any currency pairing.
Foreign hires usually need a work pass and a labour quota. Brunei controls who can work locally, and the steps take time. Teamed manages the local employment setup through a vetted partner so the right process runs from day one. The hiring guide covers the practical path in detail.
Read the full Brunei hiring guide
Frequently asked questions
Can a foreign company hire in Brunei without an entity?
Yes. An Employer of Record like Teamed runs Brunei payroll, contracts, and compliance through a vetted local partner-entity. You direct the work. Teamed becomes the legal employer of record. That removes the need to register your own Brunei company just to make one hire. Registering a local company is slower and carries ongoing filing duties.
How much does it cost to hire an employee in Brunei?
Teamed's Brunei fee is from $599 per employee per month, with zero FX mark-up in any currency pairing. On top of that sits the employee's salary and the statutory employer costs Brunei sets. We confirm the current statutory figures for your role and salary before you sign. There are no setup fees and no exit fees. The cost breakdown guide has the full picture.
What currency are employees paid in Brunei?
Employees are paid in Brunei dollars. The Brunei dollar is pegged one to one with the Singapore dollar, and the two notes are accepted interchangeably across the country. That keeps local pay stable and easy to budget against. Teamed runs your Brunei payroll in Brunei dollars with zero FX mark-up, whatever currency you fund from.
Is there income tax on salaries in Brunei?
There is no personal income tax on employment earnings in Brunei. Employees keep their gross salary. Employers do contribute to the national provident fund schemes for eligible workers. Teamed confirms the current contribution rates and caps for your role, then runs every deduction and filing correctly.
How long does it take to hire someone in Brunei through an EOR?
Once terms are confirmed, Teamed can onboard a Brunei hire quickly through its vetted partner-entity. Foreign hires usually need the right work pass and a labour quota before they can start, and those steps take time. Our team manages the local process from day one so nothing stalls. The hiring guide sets out the practical path.
Brunei is a small, stable market with a friendly tax position for employees and a currency you can plan around. The work that catches new employers is the local setup: the entity question, the work passes, and the provident fund duties. None of these are hard once you know them. They are slow and costly to learn the wrong way around. We confirm the current figures for your role before the first hire, not after the first mistake.
Brunei taxes no personal employment income, pays in a dollar pegged to Singapore's, and still asks most foreign hires for a work pass first.
The surprises come from the local setup, not the salary.
Read the right Brunei guide before that first hire, not after.
