HR advisory, assessments, and operating tools for U.S. businesses
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See the full cost of an employee, including salary, payroll taxes, benefits, workers’ comp, paid time off, and overhead. The workbook calculates the fully loaded annual cost, monthly cost, and real hourly rate.
Try the free browser version for a quick estimate. The Excel workbook lets you set your payroll taxes, benefits, and overhead once, reuse those figures for any role, duplicate the workbook to compare offers, and see exactly how the formulas work.
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The result is the fully loaded annual cost you can use to build your staffing budget.
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What is inside
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How to use it
The workbook calculates the fully loaded annual cost of an employee, including base pay, employer payroll taxes, benefits, workers’ comp, retirement match, and overhead. It shows the total as a multiple of pay, a monthly figure, and an effective cost per hour worked. Use it for salaried or hourly pay, with an optional first-year view that includes one-time hiring and setup costs.
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Find details about file formats, delivery, licensing, and refunds.
You receive 4 PDF guides and 1 Excel workbook, all named in the What is inside section above. This is a one time purchase, delivered as a download, not a subscription.
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Yes. You can fill in the Excel workbook for your own internal operations and read or print the PDF guides.
For help implementing this tool, book a one hour Setup Session for $149. For broader HR support, advisory begins with a short request and a written scope at truestephr.com/pages/advisory. For legal questions, consult qualified counsel.
Right after payment, your download link appears on the confirmation screen and again in your email receipt. All files arrive as one ZIP. No account is needed.
You can use Excel, LibreOffice on a computer, or Google Sheets in a browser. LibreOffice and Google Sheets are free alternatives. Any PDF reader opens the guides. See download help.
Email support@truestephr.com within 30 days for a full refund. No form or explanation is required. The full terms are in the refund policy.
No. It is general HR information and a working method. It is not written to any one state unless the page says so. Where a decision turns on the law, use qualified counsel. See what we cover, and what we do not.
One license covers the internal HR work of one legal entity. You may edit the files, brand them, and issue them to your employees. Consultants and groups with several entities need the extended license. See the license.
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