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Payroll in Morocco, handled the local way.
CNSS and AMO contributions, Labour Code payslips, CDI/CDD contracts and leave — configured to Moroccan law, not bolted on.
Team in Casablanca. The people who run your payroll know Moroccan law from the inside — CNSS, AMO, Labour Code, no shortcuts.
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MA Casablanca · North Africa hub — payroll live in Morocco today
Understand HR in Morocco
Everything Morocco payroll asks of an employer — in one place.
The full local picture for Morocco: statutory contributions and the rules our engine runs natively — maintained by our Pan-African legislation team.
01 · At a glance
Morocco payroll, by the numbers
The fixed parameters every Moroccan payroll run starts from.
Capital
Rabat (Casablanca — economic hub)
Local currency
Moroccan Dirham MAD — managed float
Official languages
Arabic, Tamazight French widely used in business
STATUTORY AUTHORITIES
DGI — Direction Générale des Impôts (income tax on salaries) · CNSS — Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale (social security, family allowances, AMO health insurance and vocational training tax)
INCOME TAX YEAR
1 January – 31 December (calendar year)
PAYROLL CYCLE
Monthly (weekly payment is also lawful)
Monthly statutory deadline
CNSS declaration and payment by the 10th of the following month · income tax (IR) before the end of the following month · annual statement of salaries (état 9421) before 28 February · annual earnings statement issued to employees after year-end
Minimum wage
SMIG (non-agricultural private sector): MAD 17.92/hour from 1 January 2026 — approx. MAD 3,422.72/month for 191 hours (Decree No. 2.25.983) · SMAG (agriculture): MAD 97.44/day from 1 April 2026. The civil service is outside the Labour Code and has its own pay scales
Ordinary working week
44 hours/week — 8 hours/day over 5 days (191 hours/month is the standard payroll base)
OVERTIME
Regulated through the Labour Code, employment contracts and collective agreements; premiums range from +25% to +100% depending on the hours worked
MINIMUM WORKING AGE/ RETIREMENT AGE
15 years, 18 years for hazardous work and for domestic workers/ Standard age 60; early retirement possible from age 55; an employee may choose to defer retirement up to age 65
MAIN LABOUR LAW
Labour Code 2004
02 · Statutory obligations & contributions
Social contributions in Morocco
Statutory contributions declared by the employer, each scheme with its own rate,
| Scheme | Employer | Employee | Basis & notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNSS — Family allowances | 6.40% | 0% | No ceiling |
| CNSS — Short-term benefits (sickness, maternity, death) and job-loss allowance (IPE) | 1.05% | 0.52% | Ceiling of MAD 6,000/month |
| CNSS — Long-term benefits (old-age, invalidity and survivors' pensions) | 7.93% | 3.96% | Ceiling of MAD 6,000/month |
| AMO — Compulsory health insurance | 4.11% | 2.26% | No ceiling |
| Taxe de formation professionnelle (TFP) | 1.60% | 0% | No ceiling |
03 · Income tax brackets
The income tax brackets withheld for DGI
Income tax (IR) in Morocco is withheld monthly by the employer on a progressive scale of 0% to 37%, applied to taxable salary after social contributions and standard deductions.
Annual taxable income (MAD)
- Up to 40,000
- 0% (tax-free)
- 40,001 – 60,000
- 10%
- 60,001 – 80,000
- 20%
- 80,001 – 100,000
- 30%
- 100,001 – 180,000
- 34%
- Above 180,000
- 37%
Deduction for family charges (from the tax due)
- Family situation: Per dependent person, up to 6 persons
- Deduction: MAD 600 per person per year (MAD 50/month)
04 · Employment contracts
CDI, CDD and the formalities that bind them
Morocco's Labour Code regulates
Contract types
- Permanent
- CDI
- Fixed Term
- CDD
- Other contracts
- Seasonal contract
Notice period
- Under 1 year
- 1 month
- 1 to 5 years
- 2 months
- Over 5 years
- 3 months
Notice period
- Under 1 year
- 8 days
- 1 to 5 years
- 1 month
- Over 5 years
- 2 months
Severance pay
- Under 6 months
- No entitlement
- 1 to 5 years
- 96 hours of pay per year (or part of a year) of service
- 6 to 10 years
- 144 hours of pay per year (or part of a year) of service
- 11 to 15 years
- 192 hours of pay per year (or part of a year) of service
- Over 15 years
- 240 hours of pay per year (or part of a year) of service
- Staff delegates & union representatives
- Compensation is doubled
Termination calculations
- Severance = hourly wage
- (Average pay of the last 52 weeks) × hours
- Final settlement
- Also includes notice pay where notice is not worked and payment of unused leave at the normal daily wage
End-of-year bonus
- No statutory end-of-year bonus or gratuity in Morocco
- Any such payment is contractual or set by collective agreement
Retirement benefit
- 50% of the average monthly salary of the last 96 months
- Increased for additional contribution periods up to a maximum of 70%; minimum pension MAD 1,000/month
05 · Leave & employee rights
Leave entitlements set by the Labour Code
The law sets the floor; contracts and collective agreements can add to it. Below are the statutory minimums your accruals must track.
Annual leave
18 working days per year (1.5 days per month of service), fully paid; +1.5 days for each 5 years of seniority. At least 6 months of continuous service
Sick leave
4 paid days per year. At least 6 months of continuous service
Maternity leave
14 weeks (98 days): 7 weeks before and 7 weeks after the birth; up to 22 weeks in case of a medically certified pathological condition
Paternity leave
3 days, fully paid. To be taken within the month following the birth
Special leave (family events)
Marriage of the employee: 4 paid days · Death of a close relative: 2 paid days
06 · Unions & collective agreements
The unions and the framework that shape pay
Affiliated unions negotiate wage scales and union dues that your payroll must calculate, deduct and remit. A poorly applied collective agreement can lead to a dispute to the relevant Court.
UMT (Union Marocaine du Travail)
It is the oldest national union centre (founded 1955), private and public sectors. Takes part in the tripartite social dialogue that sets minimum wages and negotiates sector agreements
CDT (Confédération Démocratique du Travail)
Sector-level bargaining and collective agreements affecting wage scales
UGTM (Union Générale des Travailleurs du Maroc)
Represents workers across sectors in social dialogue and bargaining
FDT (Fédération Démocratique du Travail)
Active in public-sector and education bargaining
Native Morocco payroll — and one accountable partner.
We own the gross-to-net engine
Morocco rules are configured natively inside our engine, not stitched from third-party aggregators.
Always current
Regulatory changes are monitored and your configuration updated — so every payslip stays compliant.
Meet Mustapha Kasri, your Popay expert in Casablanca.
In HR, personal contact is everything — and it starts from the first exchange. Tell us about your team in Morocco and we'll map your options, plainly and without commitment.
Popay helped us simplify managing our workforce across Morocco — payroll, contracts and compliance in one place. Reliable, efficient, and always current with local law.
Morocco payroll, answered
Does Popay handle CNSS and AMO declarations in Morocco?
Yes. We file your monthly declarations to CNSS — which covers family allocations, pension, short-term benefits and AMO (health insurance) — via the Damancom platform before the 10th of the following month, with ceilings and sector rates applied automatically.
Is your Moroccan payroll native, or run through a third party?
Native. Popay owns the gross-to-net engine, and Moroccan legislation — SMIG, CNSS ceilings, AMO, Labour Code payslip requirements — is configured inside it. We don’t stitch together third-party aggregators, so there’s one accountable system and one contract.
Can Popay produce a fully compliant Moroccan payslip?
Yes. Payslips carry every legal mention required by Labour Code Article 371 — position, salary, overtime, deductions and net payable — and we maintain the signed payroll register for each payment.
Do you have a team in Morocco?
Yes — a local team in Casablanca, our North Africa hub. The people who configure and run your payroll are in-country and in your time zone, led by our regional expert Mustapha Kasri.
Which collective agreements do you support?
The national interprofessional agreement (CCNI) plus the main sector conventions — Commerce, BTP (construction), Metallurgy & Industries, Banking & Insurance, and Hôtellerie — applied to your employees’ classification.
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