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title: "Contractor vs Employee in Argentina — Geo-Parity"
description: "At $100/hr in Argentina, contracting nets more than employment. Break-even around $83/hr. Compare net take-home, effective tax and the rate you need to charge."
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Contracting · Argentina

# Contractor or employee in 🇦🇷 Argentina?

At **$100/hour**, contracting nets more than employment — the break-even rate is about **$83/hour**.

## Side by side at $100/hour

|  | Contractor | Employee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gross | $192,000 | $145,600 |
| Tax | $53,760 | $32,032 |
| Health insurance | $1,500 | — |
| Net | $136,740 | $113,568 |
| Effective rate | 29% | 22% |

Ganancias + social; the Monotributo simplified regime; FX volatility. Run your own rate in the [interactive calculator](https://geo-parity.com/contractor-calculator/?country=AR).

## To take home $100,000 a year

You need to charge about **$98/hour** (day rate **$783**), billing **1440** hours across the year for **$140,972** of gross revenue.

Change the target in the [required-rate calculator](https://geo-parity.com/contractor-calculator/?tab=rate&country=AR).

## Countries with a similar contracting premium

- [🇹🇷 Türkiye](https://geo-parity.com/contractor-calculator/turkiye/) — +19% for contracting
- [🇳🇱 Netherlands](https://geo-parity.com/contractor-calculator/netherlands/) — +19% for contracting
- [🇲🇽 Mexico](https://geo-parity.com/contractor-calculator/mexico/) — +19% for contracting
- [🇩🇰 Denmark](https://geo-parity.com/contractor-calculator/denmark/) — +19% for contracting

## Questions

- **Is it better to contract or be employed in Argentina?**: At $100/hour against a salaried equivalent of $70/hour, 40 hours a week, contracting nets more than employment in Argentina: a contractor keeps about $136,740 against an employee's $113,568, a difference of $23,172. The break-even rate — where the two are equal — is about $83/hour. Ganancias + social; the Monotributo simplified regime; FX volatility.
- **What hourly rate do I need to charge in Argentina?**: To take home $100,000 a year after tax, health cover and unpaid time, you need roughly $98/hour, or a day rate around $783. That assumes $140,972 of gross revenue across 1440 billable hours.
- **Why is the contractor tax rate in Argentina different from the employee rate?**: A contractor usually pays both halves of social contributions where an employer would otherwise pay one, and often buys health cover privately. Here that works out at about 29% effective for a contractor against 22% for an employee. Ganancias + social; the Monotributo simplified regime; FX volatility.
- **How accurate are these Argentina figures?**: These are single blended effective rates, not a bracket-by-bracket calculation, and Argentina is outside the OECD series this site cross-checks against. Real liability depends on your regime, deductions and region. Estimates for comparison, not tax advice.

Estimates for comparison, not tax advice. Effective rates are blended, not bracket-by-bracket except where noted, and every country has regimes and deductions a single rate cannot express.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/contractor-calculator/argentina/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/contract.json?country=AR&contractorRate=100&employeeRate=70&hours=40