What do you need to know to hire in Mozambique?
Mozambique is the only Portuguese-speaking country in southern Africa, which makes it a natural base for Lusophone teams across the region. Pay runs in the metical (MZN). Notice, severance, leave, and tax all follow local law. Our team confirms the current figures for your role. Each guide below takes one layer.
· Mozambique guide
How does Teamed handle Mozambican hiring for you?
Teamed becomes your legal employer of record in Mozambique for from $599 per employee per month, with zero FX mark-up in any currency.
Payroll, contracts, and the local rules run on one platform.
Real HR and legal experts manage every Mozambican hire, from the first offer letter to the final settlement. An actual person, not a chatbot or a pooled queue, handles your Mozambique team alongside 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 Mozambican contractor who converts to employment keeps their record. That same employee can graduate from EOR to your own Mozambican entity later, without re-onboarding. Run the Crossover Calculator to see the month the model flips. EOR is the right model for a first Mozambican hire, until it isn't.
- Mozambique runs business in Portuguese, not English. It's the only Portuguese-speaking country in southern Africa. Employment contracts, payslips, and most official paperwork are written in Portuguese. Teamed handles that paperwork for you, so language never blocks a hire.
- You don't need your own Mozambican company to hire here. Setting up a local entity is slow and ties up cash. Teamed employs your hire through a vetted local partner network. You direct the work. Your hire starts without you registering anything.
- Pay runs in the metical (MZN), and Teamed absorbs the currency conversion. Your finance team pays one fixed fee with zero FX mark-up, in any currency. The conversion rate sits on every invoice against the mid-market reference. Most providers won't show you theirs.
You can hire in Mozambique without setting up a local company. Teamed employs your hire through a vetted partner network. You stay in control of the work.
Pay runs in the metical (MZN). Teamed handles the contract, payroll, and local rules in Portuguese.
Notice, severance, leave, and tax all follow Mozambican law. Teamed's team confirms the current figures for your role before you commit.
This page is the map. Each guide below is the detail.
Per employee per month to hire compliantly in Mozambique, one fixed fee. 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 Mozambique in 2026?
Teamed's fee is from $599 per employee per month. It's one fixed number.
Salary, taxes, and benefits pass through at cost on top. Zero FX mark-up in any currency.
Your total cost is the fee plus salary, plus the employer contributions that local law requires. Those statutory contributions sit on top of salary. Teamed's team confirms the current rates for your role before you commit, so the number you plan against is the real one.
Teamed's Mozambique price is a starting rate, with zero FX in any currency pairing. No setup fees. No exit fees. Salaries, taxes, and benefits are passed through at cost on every invoice.
The full breakdown, with worked examples once your role and salary are set, is in the cost guide.
Read the full Mozambique cost breakdown
Do you need a Mozambican entity to hire employees in Mozambique?
No. An Employer of Record runs Mozambican payroll and contracts from day one.
Your own Mozambican entity makes sense later, once headcount grows.
Setting up your own company in Mozambique takes time and ties up cash. You register the company, set up payroll, and take on monthly local filings. An Employer of Record is faster and cheaper at low headcount. Teamed runs Mozambican payroll, contracts, and compliance from day one through a vetted partner network.
The point where your own entity becomes cheaper depends on salary levels and your local accounting costs. The EOR vs entity guide runs those numbers for you.
Most EOR providers won't tell you when you've crossed that point. We do, and we help you move. You progress from contractor to EOR to your own Mozambican entity on one platform under Teamed's Graduation Model, with tenure preserved.
Read the full Mozambique EOR vs entity guide
How does payroll and tax work in Mozambique?
Payroll runs monthly in the metical (MZN).
Income tax and employer social contributions both follow Mozambican law. Our team confirms the current rates for your role.
Mozambique applies income tax on employment pay and employer social contributions on top of salary. Teamed deducts the right amounts and remits them through the local partner network. We don't quote a rate we can't stand behind, so the figures for your role are confirmed before you commit.
Teamed runs all of this for you. The tax and payroll guide sets out each step once the current rates are confirmed for your hire.
Read the full Mozambique tax and payroll guide
How do you terminate an employee in Mozambique?
Notice and severance are set by Mozambican law.
Teamed runs the process and confirms the current figures for your case before you act.
Ending employment in Mozambique follows local rules on notice and severance. The amounts depend on the reason for ending the contract and the employee's length of service. Get the process wrong and a claim can follow. Teamed's team runs each step and confirms the current figures for your case.
The termination and severance guide walks through the full process once the figures are confirmed for your situation.
Read the full Mozambique termination and severance guide
What should you know before hiring in Mozambique?
Two things catch new employers out. The first is language.
Contracts and payslips are in Portuguese, not English. The second is that local statutory rules govern notice, severance, and leave.
Business runs in Portuguese. Mozambique is the only Portuguese-speaking country in southern Africa. Employment contracts, payslips, and official paperwork are written in Portuguese. Teamed handles that paperwork so the language gap never blocks a hire.
Local law sets the rules, and we confirm them for you. Notice, severance, leave, and tax all follow Mozambican law. Teamed's team confirms the current figures for your role before you commit, so you plan against real numbers, not guesses. The hiring guide and the termination guide both cover safe process in detail.
Read the full Mozambique hiring guide
Frequently asked questions
Can a US or UK company hire in Mozambique without an entity?
Yes. An Employer of Record like Teamed runs Mozambican payroll, contracts, and compliance through a vetted local partner network. You direct the work. Teamed becomes the legal employer of record. You don't have to register your own company in Mozambique to make the hire.
How much does it cost to hire an employee in Mozambique?
Teamed's fee is from $599 per employee per month, one fixed number, with zero FX mark-up in any currency pairing. Salary, taxes, and the employer contributions that local law requires pass through at cost on top. Our team confirms the current statutory rates for your role before you commit. The cost breakdown guide has worked examples.
What currency do you pay employees in Mozambique?
Employees are paid in the Mozambican metical (MZN). Teamed runs payroll in MZN and absorbs the currency conversion at zero mark-up, so you pay one fixed fee in your own currency. The conversion rate sits on every invoice against the mid-market reference.
What language are Mozambican employment contracts in?
Portuguese. Mozambique is the only Portuguese-speaking country in southern Africa, and employment contracts, payslips, and official paperwork are written in Portuguese. Teamed prepares and handles that paperwork for you, so the language gap never blocks a hire.
What are the notice and severance rules in Mozambique?
Notice and severance in Mozambique are set by local law and depend on the reason for ending the contract and the employee's length of service. Teamed has not yet published verified figures for Mozambique. Our team confirms the current statutory position for your case before you act, and runs the full process for you.
How fast can Teamed onboard a hire in Mozambique?
Teamed onboards through a vetted local partner network once terms are confirmed. There is no setup fee and no exit fee. The hiring guide sets out each step from offer to first payslip, with the current local requirements confirmed for your role.
Mozambique is a real market with real talent, and a smaller one for most global employers, so the figures move and the paperwork runs in Portuguese. We don't publish a rate we can't stand behind. We confirm the current statutory position for your specific role before the first hire, then run payroll, contracts, and compliance through a vetted local partner. That is how you avoid a number that was right last year and wrong today.
Mozambique runs business in Portuguese and pays in the metical, and the statutory figures move year to year.
Most surprises come from planning against a number nobody confirmed.
Talk to our Mozambique team before the first hire, not after the first claim.
