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Payroll cost calculator
An employee costs more than their salary. Enter the gross and your own employer contribution rates to see the total cost of the hire and what the on-costs add as a percentage.
This uses your rates, not ours. It does not know your country's payroll taxes and does not state any statutory rate. Enter the employer contribution rates that actually apply to you - from your payroll provider or your filings.
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Formula
Total cost = Gross + Σ(rate × base) + fixed costs
On-cost % = Contributions ÷ Gross × 100 How it works
Each contribution is itemised rather than summed away, because the useful answer is not the total - it is what the on-costs ADD as a percentage. A cap can be applied to any percentage contribution, which is the shape most social-insurance schemes take: a rate on the first N only.
Example
A 60,000 salary with 7.65% social insurance, 0.6% unemployment capped at the first 7,000, and 4,800 of benefits costs 69,432 - on-costs of 15.72%.
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