First-hire cost
Understand recurring employment cost together with registrations, payroll setup and first-hire obligations.
How to use this page
Use the recurring cost estimate together with the registrations and setup obligations below. One-time fees are only shown when they exist in the structured India dataset.
Authorities
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation
Employees' State Insurance Corporation
Central Board of Direct Taxes / Income Tax Department
State Labour Departments
State/local Professional Tax authorities
State Labour Welfare Boards
Reserve Bank of India
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Data Protection Board of India
Labour Courts / Industrial Tribunals
Mandatory benefits
Social security
EPF/EPS/EDLI
Health social insurance
ESI
gratuity
Gratuity
Statutory bonus
Statutory bonus
maternity
Maternity benefit
Occupational injury
Employee compensation / work injury protection
Market benefit
Private medical insurance
Not universally required for every employee merely because employed.
Registrations
PAN
TAN
EPFO registration
ESIC registration
Professional Tax registration
Labour Welfare Fund registration
Shops & Establishments registration
Factory/OSH registration
Registration
Workers 10 or more
registration
Fewer than 10
intimation
Registration
Workers 10 or more
S&E registration required