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Decision compare · which country to land in

Same monthly budget, auto-converted per country; compare cost, overhead and dismissal difficulty side by side — to help decide which country to hire in.

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For ¥10,000/month: lowest employer cost India (~¥10,156); highest overhead Brazil (+34.8%); Singapore dismissal is flexible, others harder (cause + process).

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Employer total/mo lower = cheaper at equal budget	¥12,350	¥11,387	¥10,180	¥10,734	¥10,717	¥11,726	¥10,156	¥11,500	¥11,274	¥11,523	¥11,144	¥11,083	¥12,256	¥12,049	¥11,009	¥12,550	¥10,926	¥13,480	¥11,200	¥10,271	¥10,378
Employer overhead contributions as % of wage	+23.5%	+13.9%	+1.8%	+7.3%	+7.2%	+17.3%	+1.6%	+15%	+12.7%	+15.2%	+11.4%	+10.8%	+22.6%	+20.5%	+10.1%	+25.5%	+9.3%	+34.8%	+12%	+2.7%	+3.8%
Employee take-home take-home at equal budget	¥8,636	¥8,499	¥9,480	¥8,717	¥8,030	¥7,979	¥9,293	¥8,901	¥8,924	¥7,673	¥8,104	¥9,606	¥7,294	¥7,070	¥9,202	¥8,294	¥8,945	¥8,565	¥7,051	¥8,577	¥7,641
Employer contributions statutory contributions (converted)	¥2,350	¥1,387	¥180	¥734	¥717	¥1,726	¥156	¥1,500	¥1,275	¥1,523	¥1,144	¥1,085	¥2,254	¥2,048	¥1,008	¥2,550	¥925	¥3,480	¥1,200	¥271	¥378
Minimum wage	Region 1 VND 5,310,000/mo (2026)	RM 1,700/mo (current 2026)	337–400 THB/day (Bangkok 400; current 2026)	Jakarta IDR 5,729,876/mo (2026)	NCR non-agri PHP 695/day (Wage Order NCR-26, from 2025-07-18); the NCR-27 rates PHP 755/PHP 780 are enjoined and not in force	No statutory minimum (sector PWM)	State-level (national floor ₹178/day; no unified minimum)	No minimum for expats; Emiratis AED 6,000/mo (Jan 2026); no PIT	No universal private-sector minimum; SAR 4,000 is the full Nitaqat-count threshold, not a wage floor; no PIT	Prefectural (FY2025 weighted avg ¥1,121/hr; Tokyo ¥1,226/hr)	KRW 10,320/hr (2026) ≈ 2.16M/mo	NLW £12.71/hr (Apr 2026, 21+)	€13.90/hr (2026)	PLN 4,806/mo (2026)	Federal $7.25/hr (since 2009); states higher	MXN 315.04/day (2026, ~MXN 9,451/mo)	Federal $18.15/hr (Apr 2026); provincial ~$15.6–19	R$1,621/mo (2026)	₦70,000/mo (2024 Act, current 2026; ₦154k demand not enacted)	ZAR 30.23/hr (from Mar 2026)	Private EGP 7,000/mo (current 2026; public-sector 8k N/A to private)
Dismissal difficulty	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Flexible	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)	Hard (cause + process)

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Costs/rates verified against official sources; FX and wages are estimates — for major decisions rely on each country’s authorities and local counsel.