Payroll services for your team in Colombia

Managed Services is payroll services for your own entity's employees in Colombia, for $49 per employee per month. Flamingo computes each pay run, pays salaries, remits PILA and DIAN, handles statutory benefits and publishes payslips. You approve every run and your entity stays the employer.

$49 per employee per month · Includes everything in Flamingo HR

Colombia at a glance

Colombian payroll, run by Flamingo

What Flamingo runs for your entity in Colombia, and the payroll rules each run follows.

What Flamingo runs

COP
Payroll
MonthlyGross to net, from the time you approved
Social security
Contributions through PILAEmployer and employee shares, remitted
Income tax
Retención en la fuenteWithheld and filed with DIAN
Statutory benefits
Computed with payroll and remitted
Payslips
In each employee's web portal
Approval
You approve every pay runYour entity stays the employer
Price
$49 per employee per monthIncludes everything in Flamingo HR

Colombian payroll rules

Minimum wage
COP 1,750,905 a monthprovisional, while a court case is pendingSource: Decreto 0159 de 2026 (Ministerio del Trabajo): provisional 2026 minimum wage (opens in a new tab)
Transport allowance
COP 249,095 a monthup to 2 minimum wagesSource: Decreto 1470 de 2025: transport allowance for 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Employer contributions
Pension 12%, Caja 4%, ARL from 0.522%plus health, SENA and ICBF from 10 minimum wagesSource: Ley 100 de 1993 (social security) (opens in a new tab)
Prima and cesantías
One month's salary each a yearplus 12% interest on cesantíasSource: Código Sustantivo del Trabajo (opens in a new tab)

Statutory figures come from our Colombia employer guide, with sources. Hiring employees in Colombia: 2026 employer guide →

Pay cycle

One Colombian pay run, from approved time to payday

Payroll runs monthly on the local calendar, from the time and pay changes you've already approved in Flamingo HR.

  • You approve time. Timesheets, leave and overtime, plus incentives, deductions and salary changes.

  • Flamingo computes the run. Gross to net for every employee: salary, overtime, incentives, deductions, statutory contributions and withholding tax.

  • You approve the run. Review the totals for the period and approve them.

  • Flamingo pays. Net pay lands in each employee's bank account on payday.

  • Flamingo remits. PILA and DIAN, with statutory benefits computed with payroll.

  • Payslips published. Each employee gets a payslip in their own web portal.

Example monthly pay run in Colombia: time approved, payroll computed, pay run approved, PILA and DIAN remitted, payslips published.

Which one fits

Flamingo HR, Managed Services or Employer of Record in Colombia

All three run your employees' HR on Flamingo. The difference is who runs payroll, and whose entity is the employer.

Managed Services in Colombia: questions

What is payroll services with Flamingo in Colombia?

Managed Services: Flamingo HR plus payroll run by Flamingo for the employees of your own entity in Colombia. Flamingo computes every pay run from gross to net, pays your employees, remits PILA and DIAN, handles statutory benefits and publishes payslips, for $49 per employee per month.

What does Flamingo remit in Colombia?

Social security contributions through PILA, employer and employee shares, and income tax withholding (retención en la fuente) filed with DIAN, for every pay run you approve. Your entity stays the employer.

How often is payroll run in Colombia?

Monthly. Each run starts from the timesheets, overtime and leave you approved in Flamingo HR during the month.

Does Flamingo handle statutory benefits in Colombia?

Yes. Statutory benefits are computed with payroll and remitted. By law, Colombian employees also get prima de servicios and cesantías, each worth a month's salary a year, plus interest on cesantías.

Is Flamingo the employer?

No. With Managed Services your entity stays the employer and Flamingo runs its payroll. If you don't have an entity in Colombia, Flamingo's Employer of Record is the legal employer instead, for $599 per employee per month.

Can I switch from Flamingo HR to Managed Services?

Yes. Flamingo HR is $5 per employee per month, and payroll runs from the records, approved time and pay changes already in it, so there's nothing to set up twice.

All about Managed Services →Payroll in the Philippines →

Hand your Colombian payroll to Flamingo

$49 per employee per month. Your entity stays the employer.