Employee Cost Calculator
Employee Cost Calculator: True Cost of a Hire by Role
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This employee cost calculator prices a hire by role, seniority and area from BLS data. A US median software engineer costs $167,868 in year one.
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PH · launched Oct 29, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 22%)
- HR & recruiting
- Analytics & BI
- B2B
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Hiring
- Remote Work
- Human Resources
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Yes It is a calculator that combines BLS salary data with standard employer-cost assumptions such as benefits and taxes. The formulas are simple, and the data is public and downloadable.
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Attention rank: #16 of 265 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 294 days after the earliest competitor.
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