Fully Managed Payroll in China.
No admin. No guesswork. Just accurate payments and expert support just a phone call away.
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More than a payroll platform
Simplified Payroll
Dedicated Support
Access to Expertise
Sync with your HR Systems
Employee Cost Calculator
Hiring costs go beyond salary. Estimate the cost of your next hire with this calculator. Simply enter their location and salary information in to this handy tool to see what will be spent in employment costs each month.
Employment Cost Calculator
*Indicative figures only and not definitive legal advice. Local regulations change frequently. Consult an expertChina
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“Their expertise and understanding of the unique hiring, payment, and human resource practices in each country has been nothing short of outstanding. Our Client Success Manager, has done just that … ensured our success. Her availability and willingness to engage on a personal level has made all the difference.”
“Excellent service, especially from our account manager who has gone above and beyond to help us use the platform effectively. Our manager, significantly simplifies my workload. It is like having your own TopSource HR representative on your team.”
“TopSource has been our go-to resource for international hiring. They are responsive, thorough, respectful and knowledgeable. The Client Success team has provided us with the utmost customer service, and the more we use TopSource, the more, it gives us access to more resources and knowledge.”
Other services
Accelerating your growth in China and beyond
TopSource goes far beyond payroll, acting as your end-to-end partner in global workforce management. From Employer of Record (EOR) services and seamless entity setup to localized accountancy and fractional HR support, we cover every aspect of international employment.
Meet our experts for China
Whether you’re entering the market or scaling operations, our specialists provide the insight and guidance you need to succeed in one of the world’s most dynamic and regulated employment landscapes. With TopSource, you’re backed by real experts, every step of the way.
Beyond a payroll serviceA globalization accelerator
Payroll platform
Global payroll simplified
Your intuitive hub for paying global teams. Simple, powerful, and designed to scale with you — no complexity, just clarity.
Audit
Eliminate barriers to growth
Avoid compliance issues across your global workforce and uncover opportunities to improve profitability. On a quarterly basis we’ll help you audit your global talent strategy to ensure it aligns with your business goals.
Intelligence
Build a data-driven talent strategy
Grow confidently and profitably with access to the latest TopSource insights & data on hiring markets, salary benchmarking & benefits.
Advisory
Expert guidance that turns complexity into clarity.
Whether you’re managing a global acquisition or entering a new market, you get clear guidance to navigate complex decisions, avoid delays, and accelerate your global expansion.
Looking at other markets too?
We help organizations with employ and pay teams in over 180 countries.
China payroll: frequently asked questions
We manage monthly Individual Income Tax (IIT) filing and withholding, and monthly social insurance and housing fund remittance, both of which are calculated using city-specific rates and caps rather than a single national rate. We also manage the annual IIT reconciliation, which affects year-end bonus tax treatment and requires careful timing.
Monthly payroll is standard across China. Payslips detail gross salary, IIT withheld, and the employee’s share of social insurance and housing fund contributions, and we produce these in a format that reconciles with each city’s tax bureau and social insurance bureau filings, which is necessary since requirements differ by location within China.
Yes, our Global Payroll service processes payroll for employees of your existing China entity, typically a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE), registered with the relevant tax and social insurance authorities. If you don’t have a China entity yet, our Employer of Record service is the compliant way to employ staff directly in China in the meantime.
Salaries are paid in Chinese Yuan (RMB) through domestic bank transfers, and we work within China’s foreign exchange controls and local banking requirements to process net pay and statutory remittances on schedule, while your global reporting is delivered in whatever base currency you use for consolidation.
Yes. Given how much China’s social insurance and housing fund rates vary by city, consolidated reporting is particularly useful here: we standardize China payroll data alongside your other markets so you can see true cost by city and by country, rather than reconciling multiple city-level filings separately.