Remote

Remote Cost Calculator API

Estimate the loaded cost of hiring in a given country

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Documentation

https://developer.remote.com/reference/welcome-to-remote-api

https://developer.remote.com/docs/creating-a-company

https://developer.remote.com/docs/create-new-employment

https://developer.remote.com/docs/employment-lifecycle-stages

https://developer.remote.com/docs/employment-statuses

https://developer.remote.com/docs/quick-start-guide-2

https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-expenses

https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-incentives

https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-time-off

https://developer.remote.com/docs/leave-policies-summary

https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-timesheets

https://developer.remote.com/docs/benefits-renewal

https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-files

https://developer.remote.com/docs/custom-fields

https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-countries

https://developer.remote.com/docs/employment-cost-estimation

https://developer.remote.com/docs/authentication

https://developer.remote.com/docs/authorization-for-customers

https://developer.remote.com/docs/client-credentials-flow-for-partners

https://developer.remote.com/docs/authorization-method-oauth-assertion

https://developer.remote.com/docs/refresh-token-flow

Specifications

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/remote-com/refs/heads/main/openapi/remote-com-cost-calculator-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/remote-com/refs/heads/main/json-schema/remote-company-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/remote-com/refs/heads/main/json-schema/remote-employment-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/remote-com/refs/heads/main/json-schema/remote-billing-document-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/remote-com/refs/heads/main/json-schema/remote-time-off-schema.json

Other Resources

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/remote-com/refs/heads/main/json-ld/remote-com-context.jsonld

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/remote-com/refs/heads/main/examples/remote-create-employment-example.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/remote-com/refs/heads/main/examples/remote-create-timeoff-example.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/remote-com/refs/heads/main/examples/remote-cost-estimate-example.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/remote-com/refs/heads/main/examples/remote-oauth-token-exchange-example.json

OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Remote Benefits Benefit Offers Cost Calculator API
  description: 'List, select, and renew localized employee benefits across the countries

    Remote supports. Benefit offers and renewal requests use JSON Schema

    forms that vary per country and employment.

    '
  version: '2026-05-22'
  contact:
    name: Remote API Support
    url: https://support.remote.com/
  x-logo:
    url: https://remote.com/favicon.ico
servers:
- url: https://gateway.remote.com/v1
  description: Production
- url: https://gateway.remote-sandbox.com/v1
  description: Sandbox
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Cost Calculator
  description: Estimate the loaded cost of hiring in a given country
paths:
  /cost_calculator/estimate:
    post:
      summary: Estimate Employment Cost
      description: 'Returns the loaded cost of hiring an employee under EOR or Global

        Payroll, including statutory contributions and Remote platform fees.

        '
      operationId: estimateEmploymentCost
      tags:
      - Cost Calculator
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - country_code
              - employment_model
              - annual_gross_salary
              - currency
              properties:
                country_code:
                  type: string
                employment_model:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - global_payroll
                  - peo
                  - eor
                annual_gross_salary:
                  type: integer
                currency:
                  type: string
                include_benefits:
                  type: boolean
                  default: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cost estimate.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      total_annual_cost:
                        type: integer
                      employer_contributions:
                        type: integer
                      remote_fee:
                        type: integer
                      currency:
                        type: string
                      breakdown:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            label:
                              type: string
                            amount:
                              type: integer
                            recurrence:
                              type: string
                              enum:
                              - monthly
                              - annual
                              - one_time
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT