how to calculate the true cost per employee
What an employee really costs, per head, per month 1:48 min
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Salary is the number people quote. It is never the number the company pays. Every plan carries a split — the company's share, the employee's. Priced per coverage tier. Employee only, through to family. That's what benefits add, every month. Now put it beside everything else. Total monthly labour cost. And the average per head. Allowances and social insurance. Overtime, estimated from real attendance. By department, salary stacked with everything on top of it. The pale band is the part nobody budgets for. And the line every founder actually wants: cost per head, over time. Not an estimate off a spreadsheet. Their own payroll, their own records.
Frequently asked questions
Why is salary never the number the company pays?
Because total monthly labour cost adds allowances, social insurance, benefits and overtime estimated from real attendance. The by-department chart stacks salary with everything on top of it, and the pale band is the part nobody budgets for.
How are benefit costs split?
Every plan carries a split between the company's share and the employee's, priced per coverage tier from employee-only through to family — which is what benefits add every month.
Is cost per head an estimate?
No — it is drawn from your own payroll and records over time, not an estimate off a spreadsheet.
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