The salary is not the cost. Surprise.
The offer letter shows one number. The budget needs a few more. Let’s calculate what a new hire really adds to annual cost.
Fully Loaded Employee Cost Calculator
Planning estimate only. Employer payroll taxes vary by jurisdiction, wage bases and compensation mix; enter an effective assumption. Overhead allocation is not necessarily incremental cash spending. Excludes equity compensation, recruiting, severance and one-time onboarding.
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A headcount request is a business case, not just a salary line.
Fully loaded annual cost adds base pay, bonus, assumed employer payroll taxes, benefits, and allocated overhead. Multiply by headcount to see the annual planning impact. Then ask which costs are incremental and which are accounting allocations before someone calls the entire figure cash burn.
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