How to hire and pay a remote worker in India

You can hire someone in India without a company of your own there in two ways: take them on as a contractor and pay their invoices, or use an employer of record, a service that employs them locally for you and runs their payroll and tax. To pay them, Payoneer, PayPal, Wise Business or a bank transfer all work, and each gives them the record they need that the money came from abroad.

This is a plain guide, not legal or tax advice. We checked the payment services’ own pages on 11 November 2026; read the page linked beside each one before you choose.

Three ways to hire

As a contractor. They invoice you and look after their own tax. It is the quickest way to start. If they work like an employee, with set hours and one employer, local law may treat them as one, so take advice before you rely on it.
Through an employer of record. A service employs them in India on your behalf: it issues the local contract, runs payroll and pays the local taxes and contributions, and you direct the work. Deel and Remote are two of the larger ones.
Through your own company there. You register a company in India and employ them yourself. It takes the longest and costs the most, and makes sense once you have several people there.

How the money reaches them

Payoneer. Payments reach their bank automatically within 24 hours, with a digital FIRC within 72 hours. (Payoneer: getting started in India)
PayPal. They can receive from abroad once their PAN, bank account and purpose code are set up; PayPal moves the balance to their bank every day. (PayPal India: receiving payments)
Wise Business. It gives them account details in US dollars, pounds and euros and converts what arrives to rupees. A personal Wise account there only holds balances when travelling abroad. (Wise: where you need to live to hold money with Wise) (Wise: receiving payments for Indian businesses)

The same from their side: how to get paid by a company abroad from India.

What to put in the offer

The pay, the currency and the pay day.
How you’ll pay, and who covers the fees on the way.
Whether they are a contractor or an employee, and through whom.
That you hire in India, in so many words. People apply when a listing names their country.

See who hires in India now

Remotejobify reads companies’ own job boards every day and lists the remote jobs open to people in India today, each with the line in the listing that says so. You can also see what those jobs pay.

Put your job in front of people in India

Hiring in other countries

Questions people ask

Can I hire someone in India without a company there?

Yes. Take them on as a contractor who invoices you, or use an employer of record, which employs them locally on your behalf and runs payroll and tax.

Can I pay someone in India with Wise or PayPal?

Yes. PayPal works once their PAN, bank account and purpose code are set up, and Wise Business gives them account details and converts what arrives to rupees.

What is an employer of record?

A company that legally employs your worker in their own country for you. It issues the local contract, runs payroll and pays the local taxes and contributions, while you direct the work.

Do I have to say which countries I hire from?

It helps. People only apply with confidence when a listing names their country, and Remotejobify lists a job for a country only when the listing shows it is open there.