--- title: Hiring Cost Calculator for Startups | Funded.club description: Free hiring cost calculator for startups. Compare recruitment agency costs vs Funded.club's fixed fees from $4,900 and see how you save 70%+ per hire. image: https://funded.club/hubfs/og_image_funded.png --- [![Primary\_logo](https://funded.club/hubfs/Primary_logo.svg)](https://funded.club/) [Book a call](https://funded.club/contact-us) - [Hire](https://funded.club) - [Pricing](https://funded.club/pricing) - [Find a job](https://funded.club/startupjobs) - [Case Studies](https://funded.club/case-studies) - [Locally](https://funded.club/case-studies/locally) - [Supernova](https://funded.club/case-studies/supernova) - [Isolocity](https://funded.club/case-studies/isolocity) - [WeTravel](https://funded.club/case-studies/wetravel) - [Digital Science](https://funded.club/case-studies/digital-science) - [Blog](https://funded.club/blog-results) - [Resources](https://funded.club/resources) - [Predict success](https://signup.predict.ventures/) - [Growth Planner](https://funded.club/growth-planner) - [Glossary](https://funded.club/glossary) - [FAQ](https://funded.club/faq) - [Contact us](https://funded.club/contact-us) [Book a call](https://funded.club/contact-us) - Engagement options: - [Hiring solutions](https://funded.club) - [Pay-as-you-go](https://funded.club/pricing) - Membership plan # Hiring Cost Calculator for Startups This free calculator estimates the true cost of hiring at a startup. It adds employer costs — payroll taxes, benefits, and equipment (a 35% default on top of base salary) — to each role, then layers in your recruiting costs: agency fees, internal recruiter time, job advertising, and HR tech. Finally it compares that total against Funded.club's fixed-fee hiring, so you can see your cost per hire and how much you'd save. Updated 24 Aug 2026 Select Currency USD $ USD USD £ GBP USD € EUR USD $ APAC **Enter Job Title** **List job locations (City/Remote + Country)** **Estimated annual salary (including all bonuses or commission)** **Expected employer costs (default is 35%)** 35% $0 $0 $0 \+ add more row Total jobs: 0 Estimated annual salary total: $0 Expected employer costs total: $0 Total new annualized wage bill: **$0** Monthly: **$0** Calculate Hiring Costs ### Hiring costs (traditional methods): Recruitment agency costs Roles to be filled by recruitment agencies (%): 50% Recruitment agency fees (% of salary): 25% $0 Internal recruiting costs (per year) 50% Job advertising costs (per role) $0 Recruiting & HR tech tools (per year) Total hiring costs (traditional methods): **$0** Average cost per hire: **$0** Average cost per recruitment agency hire: **$0** Cash savings when you hire with Funded.club: **$0** ### Hiring costs with Funded.club (including headhunting): **![Logo](https://funded.club/hubfs/Fonts/funded-club-logo.svg) Hiring costs with Funded.club's PAYG projects:** **No. of roles** **Project price** **Total fees** Level 1 roles (up to $70k per year) 0 $4500 $0 Level 2 roles ($70-$110k per year) 0 $6900 $0 Level 3 roles ($110-$150k per year) 0 $9900 $0 Mini Unicorn hires ($150-$190k per year) 0 $13900 $0 Unicorn hires (\>$190k per year OR Executive hires) 0 $19900 $0 Additional recruitment agency costs 0 Internal recruiting costs 0 Job advertising costs 0 Recruiting & HR tech tools (per year) 0 Total: **$0** Cash savings under our PAYG pricing model: **$0** Potential Cash savings under our Membership plan: **$0** Average cost per hire with Funded.club: **$0** Savings vs recruitment agency hires: **0.00%** **![Logo](https://funded.club/hubfs/image-2024/member-ship-sc-logo.png) Hiring costs with Funded.club's Membership plan:** **No. of roles** **Project price** **Total fees** Level 1 roles (up to $80k per year) 0 $5250 $0 Level 2 roles (80-110k per year) 0 $5250 $0 Level 3 roles ($110-180k per year) 0 $5250 $0 0 $ $0 Unicorn hires (\>$180k per year OR Executive hires) 0 $14320 $0 Additional recruitment agency costs 0 Internal recruiting costs 0 Job advertising costs 0 Recruiting & HR tech tools (per year) 0 Total: **$0** Potential Cash savings under our Membership plan: **$0** Average cost per hire: **$0** Savings vs recruitment agency hires: **0.00%** ![funded club logo](https://funded.club/hubfs/funded%20club%20logo.svg) | **Job Title** | **List job locations (City/Remote + Country)** | **Estimated annual salary (including all bonuses or commission)** | **Expected employer costs** 35% | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | $0 | $0 | | | | $0 | $0 | | | | $0 | $0 | | | Total jobs: 0 | Estimated annual salary total: $0 | Expected employer costs total: $0 | | **Total new annualized wage bill: $0** | **Monthly: $0** | | | ## Hiring costs (traditional methods): | Recruitment agency costs | Roles to be filled by recruitment agencies (%): 50 % | Recruitment agency fees (% of salary): 25 % | $0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Internal recruiting costs (per year) | 50% | | $0 | | Job advertising costs (per role) | | $0 | $0 | | Recruiting & HR tech tools (per year) | | | $0 | | **Total hiring costs (traditional methods): $0** | **Average cost per hire: $0** | **Average cost per recruitment agency hire: $0** | **Cash savings when you hire with Funded.club: $0** | ## Hiring costs with Funded.club (including headhunting): | **Hiring costs with Funded.club's PAYG projects:** | **No. of roles** | **Project price** | **Total fees** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Level 1 roles (up to $70k per year) | 0 | $4500 | $0 | | Level 2 roles ($70-$110k per year) | 0 | $6900 | $0 | | Level 3 roles ($110-$150k per year) | 0 | $9900 | $0 | | Mini Unicorn hires ($150-$190k per year) | 0 | $13900 | $0 | | Unicorn hires (\>$190k per year OR Executive hires) | 0 | $19900 | $0 | | Additional recruitment agency costs | | | 0 | | Internal recruiting costs | | | 0 | | Job advertising costs | | | 0 | | Recruiting & HR tech tools (per year) | | | 0 | | **Total: $0** | **Average cost per hire with Funded.club: $0** | | **Savings vs recruitment agency hires: 0%** | | **Potential Cash savings under our Membership plan: $0** | **Cash savings under our PAYG pricing model: $0** | | --- | --- | ### We build great teams for startups. Stop wasting time on job ads and expensive recruitment agencies! Get your dream candidates in **7 days** and cut your hiring costs by **\>70%** Our team of entrepreneurs headhunt for senior, niche and tough-to-fill roles at low fixed fees from **$4500 / €3900 / £3600 per hire.** Pay-as-you-go with [low fixed fees](https://funded.club/pricing) per search or sign up to a monthly [Membership plan](https://funded.club/membership-plans) and enjoy all the benefits of Funded.club including **guaranteed results.** Get a fee and timeline for these roles Get a quick quote ![](https://funded.club/hubfs/Imported%20images/cross-icon.svg) Tell us the roles you have entered above. We reply the same working day with a fixed fee and a timeline. Your cost report downloads straight away. Download Again ## How It's Calculated Employer costs cover taxes, benefits, insurance, and equipment. We default to 35% of base salary, but you can adjust this per role. Recruitment agencies typically charge 20–30% of first-year salary, so a $120,000 hire can cost $24,000–$36,000 in agency fees alone. Internal recruiting, job ads, and HR tools add more. Funded.club uses fixed fees from $4,900 per hire instead of a percentage, which is where the 70%+ savings come from on senior and hard-to-fill roles. ## FAQ **How much does it cost to hire an employee?** Beyond base salary, expect roughly 35% in employer costs plus recruiting costs. For a role you fill through an agency, total cost per hire often lands at 1.3–1.6× the salary in year one. **What is cost per hire?** Cost per hire is the total spend to fill one role — recruiting fees, advertising, internal time, and tools — divided by the number of hires. **How much do recruitment agencies charge?** Most charge 20–30% of the candidate's first-year salary. Funded.club charges fixed fees from $4,900 per hire regardless of salary. **What are employer costs?** The extra costs on top of salary — payroll taxes, benefits, insurance, equipment, and software. Our calculator defaults to 35%. ## We build great teams We only hire for startups and we're great at searching and screening talent for startup DNA. Our team of entrepreneurs headhunt for senior, niche and tough-to-fill roles at low fixed fees from **$4900 / €4200 / £3900 per hire.** Pay-as-you-go with [low fixed fees](https://funded.club/pricing) per search or sign up to a monthly [Membership plan](https://funded.club/membership-plans) and enjoy all the benefits of Funded.club including **guaranteed results.**   ## We Get Results ![Rocket Black](https://funded.club/hubfs/Rocket%20Black.png) #### 500+ Startup customers ![Screenshot 2024-06-06 at 08.48.04](https://funded.club/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-06-06%20at%2008.48.04.png) #### 100% Success rate ![Screenshot 2024-06-06 at 08.47.56](https://funded.club/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-06-06%20at%2008.47.56.png) #### 7 Days to First Candidates ![Screenshot 2024-06-06 at 08.47.42-1](https://funded.club/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-06-06%20at%2008.47.42-1.png) #### 73% Reduced hiring costs ## Testimonials "Funded.club was absolutely an integral piece of our process to find-test-hire people for our company lately. This not only saved us quite literally multiple months of work in pre-screenings, but also efficient in finding candidates that we basically removed the need for a recruitment team altogether. this allowed us to focus resources on more critical things that every company should be doing, like building the product!" Read more ![Jiri Trecak bio pic circle-1](https://funded.club/hs-fs/hubfs/Jiri%20Trecak%20bio%20pic%20circle-1.png?width=56&height=56&name=Jiri%20Trecak%20bio%20pic%20circle-1.png) ## Jiří Třečák ### CEO & HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY, SUPERNOVA (Y COMBINATOR ALUMNI W19) "Funded.club has been instrumental in streamlining our recruitment process. Their expert team has saved us countless hours and their recruiters do a fantastic job at filtering out candidates and bringing us the best talent. We highly recommend partnering with Funded.club." 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