Payroll outsourcing for your team in the Philippines

Managed Services is payroll outsourcing for your own entity's employees in the Philippines, for $49 per employee per month. Flamingo computes each pay run, pays salaries, remits SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and BIR, 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

Philippines at a glance

Philippine payroll, run by Flamingo

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

What Flamingo runs

PHP
Payroll
Twice a monthGross to net, from the time you approved
Contributions
SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIGEmployer and employee shares, remitted
Income tax
BIR withholding taxWithheld and remitted
Statutory benefits
13th month pay, computed with payroll13th month pay calculator →
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

Philippine payroll rules

Employer contributions
SSS 10%, PhilHealth 2.5%, Pag-IBIG 2%each on its own salary baseSource: Social Security System: contribution table (Circular 2024-006) (opens in a new tab)
Income tax
0% to 35%graduated, on annual incomeSource: Republic Act 10963 (TRAIN law) (opens in a new tab)
13th month pay
1/12 of basic salarypaid by 24 DecemberSource: Presidential Decree 851 (13th month pay) (opens in a new tab)

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

Pay cycle

One Philippine pay run, from approved time to payday

Payroll runs twice a month 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. SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and BIR, with statutory benefits computed with payroll.

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

Example twice-monthly pay run in the Philippines: time approved, payroll computed, pay run approved, SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and BIR remitted, payslips published.

Which one fits

Flamingo HR, Managed Services or Employer of Record in the Philippines

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

Managed Services in the Philippines: questions

What is payroll outsourcing with Flamingo in the Philippines?

Managed Services: Flamingo HR plus payroll run by Flamingo for the employees of your own entity in the Philippines. Flamingo computes every pay run from gross to net, pays your employees, remits SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and BIR, handles statutory benefits and publishes payslips, for $49 per employee per month.

Which contributions does Flamingo remit in the Philippines?

SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG contributions, employer and employee shares, and BIR withholding tax, for every pay run you approve. Your entity stays the employer.

How often is payroll run in the Philippines?

Twice a month. Philippine law requires pay at least twice a month, no more than 16 days apart, and each run starts from the timesheets, overtime and leave you approved in Flamingo HR.

Does Flamingo handle 13th month pay?

Yes. Statutory benefits are computed with payroll, including 13th month pay: one twelfth of the year's basic salary, due by 24 December. Our free 13th month pay calculator works out an employee's amount.

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 the Philippines, 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 Colombia →

Hand your Philippine payroll to Flamingo

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