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Cost Per Hire CalculatorTrack Your True Recruitment Cost

Add up every recruitment cost — job boards, agency fees, interview time, and onboarding — to find your true cost per hire.

Your Recruitment Costs

External Costs
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LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, niche boards
$
Typical agency fee: 15–25% of first-year salary. Enter 0 if you hire direct.
$
$
Internal Time Costs
$
$
Onboarding Costs
HR + buddy time
$
$
Scale
Used to calculate total annual recruitment spend

Your Recruitment Metrics

Cost Summary

Cost Per Hire
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Annual Recruitment Spend
$0
External Costs
$0
Internal Time Costs
$0
Onboarding Costs
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% Internal vs External
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Cost Breakdown
External$0
Internal Time$0
Onboarding$0

* Industry average cost per hire: $4,700 (SHRM 2023). The hidden costs of time-to-fill and ramp time are not included here.

Industry Benchmarks (SHRM / LinkedIn)

Entry-level roles $1,500 – $3,000
Mid-level roles $4,000 – $7,000
Senior / Manager roles $8,000 – $15,000
Executive roles $20,000 – $50,000+
Your cost per hire $0 You

What is Cost Per Hire?

Cost per hire (CPH) is the total expense your company incurs to fill one open position. It's one of the most important recruiting metrics tracked by HR teams because it reveals the true investment behind every new employee — beyond just the salary.

The Formula

Cost Per Hire = (Total External Costs + Total Internal Costs) ÷ Number of Hires

Where:
External Costs = job boards + agency fees + assessments + travel
Internal Costs = recruiter time + hiring manager time + onboarding time + equipment

The Four Cost Components

Job Advertising

Job boards (Indeed, LinkedIn, Glassdoor), social ads, niche industry boards. Typically $200–$2,000 per role.

Agency Fees

Recruiter agencies charge 15–25% of first-year salary. For a $60k role, that's $9k–$15k. The largest single cost driver.

Internal Time

Often invisible in spreadsheets, but HR screening, interviews, and debrief calls add up to 30–60 hours per hire.

Onboarding

IT setup, buddy/mentor time, training materials, and first-week admin. Companies underestimate this by 2–3× on average.

How to Reduce Cost Per Hire

The most effective levers are: building an employee referral programme (reduces external costs by 40–60%), using an ATS to automate screening (saves 8–12 recruiter hours per hire), and improving your employer brand so fewer roles need paid advertising.

HRMZY's built-in recruitment module tracks job postings, candidates, interview stages, and time-to-fill — giving you the data you need to benchmark and improve your CPH year-over-year.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average cost per hire? +
According to SHRM's 2023 Talent Acquisition Benchmarking Report, the average cost per hire across all industries is approximately $4,700. However, this varies significantly by role level, industry, and whether an agency is used. Tech and finance roles tend to be 2–3× higher than the average.
Should I include salary in cost per hire? +
No — cost per hire measures recruitment and onboarding expenses only, not the ongoing salary of the new hire. It is a one-time acquisition cost, not an employment cost. If you want to track total employment cost, you'd calculate total cost of workforce (TCOW) separately.
How do I reduce my cost per hire? +
The five highest-impact tactics are: (1) Build an employee referral program — referred candidates cost 40–60% less to hire. (2) Invest in employer branding to reduce reliance on paid job ads. (3) Use an ATS to automate CV screening. (4) Build a talent pipeline so you're not starting from zero each time. (5) Streamline your interview process to reduce hiring manager time per candidate.
What is the difference between cost per hire and time to hire? +
Cost per hire measures the financial investment to fill a role. Time to hire measures how many days it takes from job posting to offer acceptance. Both are important: a low cost per hire that takes 90+ days still means you're losing productivity. The ideal is low cost and short time — achievable through structured recruiting workflows.
Does this calculator include time-to-productivity costs? +
No — this tool calculates the direct cost to acquire and onboard an employee. Time-to-productivity (the ramp period before a new hire reaches full output) is a separate, longer-term cost that varies enormously by role complexity and typically ranges from 3 to 12 months. Adding it here would require too many role-specific assumptions to be reliable.
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