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Cost-per-hire calculator

Add up what you spent on recruiting in a period, enter how many people you hired, and see what each hire cost. Leave a box empty if it does not apply.

External costs

Job ads and job boards

Paid postings, sponsored posts

Agency or headhunter fees

Fees paid for placed candidates

Recruiting software and tools

ATS, assessments, background checks

Events and other external costs

Job fairs, travel, branding

Internal costs

Recruiter and interviewer time

Hours spent × hourly cost, or the share of salaries

Referral bonuses

Paid to employees who referred hires

Other internal costs

Onboarding costs you count as recruiting

Number of hires

People who accepted and started in the same period

Currency

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How it is calculated

Cost per hire = (external costs + internal costs) ÷ number of hires

Use the same period for the costs and for the hires, for example one quarter or one year.
Count the same things every time so you can compare periods. The number is most useful as a trend, not as a score against other companies.
The calculator runs in your browser. The numbers you type are not sent anywhere.

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