The cost of people
What people cost to employ, hour by hour and year by year.
True Cost of an Employee
Salary plus payroll taxes, benefits, workers' comp, and overhead. The fully loaded annual cost and the cost per worked hour.
Open the free calculatorLabor Burden Rate
Turn a salary into the fully burdened hourly rate, with every burden component as a percentage you control.
Open the free calculatorOvertime Pay
Weekly overtime on the federal rule, with a bonus correctly folded into the regular rate.
Open the free calculatorPTO Accrual and Payout
How fast paid time off builds per pay period, and what an unused balance is worth at termination.
Open the free calculatorAbsenteeism Cost
What unplanned absence costs in a year, in direct pay and the team ripple, against the national benchmark.
Open the free calculatorTurnover and retention
What departures and open seats drain, and what retention is worth.
Cost of Turnover
What losing one employee really costs across separation, the open role, recruiting, onboarding, and the ramp.
Open the free calculatorRetention Savings
What cutting turnover by a few points is worth in avoided replacement cost, per year and per point.
Open the free calculatorVacancy Cost
The yearly drag of open seats from your turnover and time to fill, and what filling faster saves.
Open the free calculatorHiring and recruiting
What it costs to fill roles, and which channel does it cheapest.
Cost Per Hire
Your true cost to fill a role on the SHRM standard, split between internal time and external spend.
Open the free calculatorTime-to-Fill Cost
What one open requisition costs while it stays open, net of the pay you are not spending.
Open the free calculatorRecruiter Capacity
How many recruiters your open reqs need, weighted by role difficulty, and your team's utilization.
Open the free calculatorAgency vs In-House ROI
Agency fees versus an in-house recruiter at your hiring volume, with the break-even hires per year.
Open the free calculatorReferral Program ROI
Whether a referral bonus saves money against your current cost per hire, including payroll tax on the bonus.
Open the free calculatorNew Hire Ramp
The cost of the months before a new hire is fully productive, per hire and across a year of hiring.
Open the free calculatorWorkforce planning
How much staffing the work needs, and whether the structure carries it.
FTE and Headcount Planning
Turn workload into the FTE it needs after real time off and utilization, and the hires that closes the gap.
Open the free calculatorShift Staffing
The headcount it takes to cover a post around your hours, with the relief factor for leave and days off.
Open the free calculatorOvertime vs New Hire
Whether steady overtime or another hire is cheaper, with the break-even hours per week.
Open the free calculatorSpan of Control
Your average span, manager share, and layers, against typical ranges and your target.
Open the free calculatorManager Workload
Whether one manager's week can carry their reports, their own work, and the overhead, and how many reports it supports.
Open the free calculatorHR Staffing Ratio
Your HR-to-employee ratio against the typical range for your size, and the FTE gap to your target.
Open the free calculatorPeople decisions
Numbers for the calls that need a steady hand.
Attendance Points
Score attendance incidents on your point values and see where an employee sits on the discipline ladder.
Open the free calculatorSeverance Pay
A severance package from your weeks-per-year formula, with PTO payout and benefits continuation on top.
Open the free calculatorTraining ROI
Whether a training program pays for itself, with the net benefit, payback, and the break-even gain.
Open the free calculatorBuilt for your industry
Manufacturing, construction, and dental tools that speak the language of the floor, the site, and the practice.
Manufacturing Turnover Cost
What one departure from the floor costs, and the annual bill across the plant.
Open the free calculatorOvertime vs New Hire
Whether standing overtime or an added headcount is cheaper for your line, with the crossover point.
Open the free calculatorManufacturing Absenteeism Cost
The cost of unplanned absence across a crew, with the coverage and ripple priced in.
Open the free calculatorAttendance Point System Builder
Build a no-fault attendance points policy and print the one-page policy sheet.
Open the free calculatorConstruction Labor Burden
Turn a trade wage into the fully burdened hourly rate your bids should carry.
Open the free calculatorCrew No-Show Cost
What a no-show morning costs the job, from the idle crew to the slipped schedule.
Open the free calculatorApprentice ROI
Whether an apprentice pays back against hiring a journeyman, year by year.
Open the free calculatorDental Employee Cost
The fully loaded cost of every role in the practice, chairside and front desk.
Open the free calculatorHygienist Vacancy Cost
What an open hygiene chair costs the practice while the search runs.
Open the free calculatorChair Downtime Cost
What an idle chair hour costs, from cancellations to short days.
Open the free calculatorGet the number fast
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When you need to keep it
The Excel versions save your numbers, compare several roles or scenarios, go deeper on the assumptions, and print a board-ready summary you can share with leadership.
The number is the easy part
Once you see what hiring, turnover, and a fully loaded role cost in full, the next question is what to do about it. The TrueStep HR toolkits give you the hiring, onboarding, and people processes to act on it.
Explore the toolkitsThese calculators give estimates only and are not legal, tax, or accounting advice. Figures vary by employer, state, and industry. Confirm specifics with a qualified professional.
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