How to hire and pay a remote worker in Pakistan

You can hire someone in Pakistan 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, use Payoneer or a bank transfer: PayPal isn’t available in Pakistan.

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 Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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. They can receive from you through Payoneer, and Payoneer and HBL have announced withdrawals through the HBL app. (Payoneer: withdrawals with HBL)
Bank transfer. You can pay their bank account directly. The State Bank’s rules let freelancers keep part of what they earn in a special foreign currency account. (State Bank of Pakistan: freelancers’ foreign currency accounts)
Wise. Wise can send rupees to a personal bank account there, but says it can’t send business payments in rupees. (Wise: currencies you can send to and from) (Wise: who can get US dollar account details)
PayPal. Not available. Pakistan isn’t on PayPal’s list of countries. (PayPal: country list)

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

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

See who hires in Pakistan now

Remotejobify reads companies’ own job boards every day and lists the remote jobs open to people in Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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 Pakistan with PayPal?

No. Pakistan isn’t on PayPal’s list of countries. Use Payoneer or a bank transfer.

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.