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El Salvador Payroll

Asked about El Salvador payroll processing for employed persons.

El SalvadorTax year 2025Draft — not yet signed off· Last reviewed Jun 4, 2026

What this covers — El Salvador, 2025

  • Income Tax Withholding (Retención de ISR)
  • Social Security — ISSS (Health & Maternity)
  • Pension — AFP (Sistema de Ahorro para Pensiones)
  • Employer On-Costs (full picture)
  • Minimum Wage, Aguinaldo, Vacation
  • Worked Examples (gross-to-net)
  • Payslip Requirements
  • Filing & Payment Obligations
  • Common Payroll Patterns (bank statement / accounting)
  • Interaction with Other Skills

This is a research-grade draft — figures aren't shown as fact until a licensed accountant signs it off. The full, packaged rules load through the connector.

Use these rules in your AI

Connect once and your AI follows El Salvador Payroll automatically — it stays current when a rate changes, and hands you to a licensed accountant when you need one. A copied file goes stale the day the law moves.

Use this in your AI

Using Claude Code, Cursor or Codex? Install these rules in one command:

$ npx openaccountants add SV

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The open, research-grade drafts are on GitHub. The accountant-verified version is delivered through the connector.

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These rules are research-verified. They need a licensed practitioner for El Salvador to confirm them and become their named verifier. Reviewing reference rules — not signing returns.

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About

Use this skill whenever asked about El Salvador payroll processing for employed persons. Trigger on phrases like "El Salvador payroll", "planilla El Salvador", "ISSS", "AFP Crecer", "AFP Confía", "retención de renta", "ISR planilla", "descuentos de ley", "sueldo neto El Salvador", "net salary El Salvador", "aguinaldo", "INSAFORP", "salario mínimo El Salvador", "gross to net El Salvador", "employer cost El Salvador", "cotización ISSS AFP", or any question about computing employee pay, income-tax withholding (retención), or social-security/pension contributions for El Salvador-based employees. This skill covers ISR monthly withholding (Decreto Ejecutivo 10, in force 8 May 2025), ISSS health contributions (employee + employer, $1,000 base cap), AFP pension contributions, the INSAFORP training levy, minimum wage, the mandatory aguinaldo (Christmas bonus), vacation, payslip and monthly filing obligations. ALWAYS read this skill before processing any El Salvador payroll.

El SalvadorTax year 2025

The full rule

The complete, step-by-step rules for El Salvador Payroll the research-grade draft — load directly into your AI agent through the OpenAccountants connector. Connect once and your agent applies these rules automatically, with dependency resolution, conservative defaults, and a handoff to a licensed accountant when you need one.

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