There are several ways to pay social security contributions

Legal analysis: 1, individuals on their own: if there is no work unit of individuals, freelancers and individual entrepreneurs, can be flexible employment personnel in the capacity of their own, need to participate in the social security department of the domicile of the social security registration procedures, it should be noted that the individual can only pay the two major types of insurance, pension and medical, rather than what we often say, five insurance and one gold.

2, through the unit to pay: with the employer to sign a labor contract with the employer, and the employer has a labor relationship, you can through the unit to pay social insurance, the employer will be through the withholding, on behalf of the way to pay, so the employee does not need to worry about the individual.

Legal basis: "The Chinese People's *** and State Social Insurance Law" Article 10 Employees shall participate in the basic pension insurance, by the employer and the employee *** with the payment of basic pension insurance premiums. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time workers who have not participated in basic old-age insurance with their employing organizations, and other flexibly employed persons may participate in basic old-age insurance and pay basic old-age insurance premiums on an individual basis. The methods of pension insurance for civil servants and staff members administered under the civil service law shall be prescribed by the State Council.