Who it is for
Any owner thinking about hiring, or wondering why payroll feels heavier than it looks.
Business and Money · Calculator · Free
What a hire actually costs youTrue Cost of an Employee
Wage is maybe two-thirds of it. Payroll tax, comp, benefits, equipment and the hours you spend managing them are the rest.
Runs in your browser. Nothing to install. Save the result or embed it on your site.
Your numbers
What that means
What this person really costs per hour: $41.45/hr
$41.45/hr
What this person really costs per hour
1.88x the wage you quoted them
$86,224
Cost per year
$7,185
Cost per month
$40,464
Above the wage
$23,400
Your time managing them
the cost nobody counts
Wage$45,760
Payroll tax$4,118
Workers comp$2,746
Benefits$5,400
Equipment$4,800
Your management time$23,400
This person has to produce more than $86,224 of value a year to be worth it. Most owners never do that math and then resent the hire.
Tax and comp rates vary by state and job classification. Use your actual rates from payroll for a real number.
What this assumed
- Burden rates vary by state, trade and carrier. Use your own figures, not the defaults.
- Management time is charged at the rate you enter for your own hour.
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.
This is an estimate
This tool returns an estimate based on the numbers you entered. Your real result depends on your own costs, rates and conditions. Check it against your own records before you make a decision with it.
What this tool actually does for you
The problem it points at
You budget the wage and get blindsided by everything attached to it.
What you walk away with
The loaded number, so you can price jobs and plan hires honestly.
How to use it
Takes about two minutes. Be honest with the numbers, the tool is not going to tell anybody.
- Enter the hourly wage and hours.
- Add benefits, comp and equipment.
- Read the loaded hourly cost. Use that in your job pricing, not the wage.
Put this tool on your own website
Free forever. I host it. You keep it.
This is a real lead magnet you can run on your own site tonight. Somebody lands on your page, plays with the numbers, sees what their problem costs, and now they are on your website instead of a competitor's. Costs you nothing, and I keep it working.
- Scroll up and press Put this tool on my website. The code appears right there, no form.
- Copy the one line you get.
- In your website editor, add an Embed, HTML or Custom Code block on whatever page you want it on.
- Paste it in, save, publish.
- Check it on your phone, then send people to that page.
Works on
WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, GoDaddy, Webflow, Duda, HubSpot, ClickFunnels, or plain HTML. Anywhere that takes an embed code.
What it costs you
Nothing. No monthly fee, no expiring trial, no watermark you have to pay to remove. If you get stuck putting it in, text me at (903) 500-8898 and I will help you place it.
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