How to hire and pay a remote worker in the Philippines

You can hire someone in the Philippines 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, Wise, Payoneer, PayPal and a bank transfer all work.

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 the Philippines 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 the Philippines 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

Wise. People living in the Philippines can open a Wise account and give you account details in US dollars, pounds or euros. (Wise: where you need to live to hold money with Wise) (Wise: who can get US dollar account details)
Payoneer. They can receive from you and withdraw to a local bank. Payoneer’s price list shows US$1.50 for a bank withdrawal there. (Payoneer: fees, dated 1 January 2026)
PayPal. They can receive and withdraw to a Philippine bank: free above PHP 7,000, PHP 50 below that. (PayPal: fees for this country)
GCash. Many move money on to GCash, which takes cash-ins from PayPal and Payoneer for a 1% fee. (GCash: cash in from global wallets)

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

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

See who hires in the Philippines now

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

Yes, both. People living in the Philippines can open a Wise account and give you account details, and PayPal lets them withdraw to a Philippine bank.

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.