Employee cost calculator

An employee cost calculator adds up what one employee really costs: salary plus payroll taxes, benefits, equipment and software, per year, per month and per hour worked. Enter your numbers to see the full cost. Free, with no sign-up.

Updated October 2026

Pay

Yearly salary

Currency

Hours a weekh

Employer taxes and benefits% of pay

Overhead a year

Working days a year

Paid leave and holidaysdays

Overhead covers what the role needs beyond pay: equipment, software, desk space, training.

True cost a year$65,000.00

A month$5,416.67

Per productive hour$34.57235 days, 1880 hours a year

Salary$50,000.00 77%

Employer taxes and benefits$10,000.00 15%

Overhead$5,000.00 8%

Worked out with the free employee cost calculator by Staffic: staffic.io/resources/employee-cost-calculator

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