How to hire and pay a remote worker in Nigeria

You can hire someone in Nigeria 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, send to a foreign currency (domiciliary) account at their bank or to account details from a service such as Grey.

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 Nigeria 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 Nigeria 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

Domiciliary account. A domiciliary account at a Nigerian bank holds foreign currency, so you can pay in dollars, pounds or euros by bank transfer. (Central Bank of Nigeria: foreign exchange manual)
Grey. Grey gives its users account details in US dollars, pounds and euros and pays out in naira to any Nigerian bank. (Grey: about your Grey account)
Wise. You can send naira to their bank account through Wise. They can’t hold a Wise balance or have US dollar details. (Wise: where you need to live to hold money with Wise) (Wise: currencies you can send to and from) (Wise: who can get US dollar account details)
PayPal. They can receive, but taking the money out needs a US bank account or a provider, each with a fee, so ask before you choose it. (PayPal: fees for this country)

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

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 Nigeria, in so many words. People apply when a listing names their country.

See who hires in Nigeria now

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

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Questions people ask

Can I hire someone in Nigeria 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 Nigeria with Wise or PayPal?

Wise can send naira to their bank account, though they can’t hold a Wise balance. PayPal can be received there but is awkward to withdraw, so a domiciliary account or a service such as Grey is the usual route.

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.