What does a senior engineer really cost?
Salary is just the sticker price. Plug in your numbers to see the fully loaded first-year cost of a hire, what you pay before they're up to speed, and your real cost per productive hour.
Your assumptions
Starting values are examples. Change them to match your market.
Now compare it to a fixed price.
Send us the project or the coverage you need. You'll get a fixed-price ByteWyse quote to set against these numbers.
Hiring vs partnering
How much does it really cost to hire an IT engineer?
Far more than the salary. Add payroll taxes and benefits, recruiting fees, tools and training, and the months before a new hire is fully productive. Use the calculator with your own numbers to see the full first-year cost.
What is a fully loaded employee cost?
Fully loaded cost is salary plus everything else an employer pays for that person: payroll taxes, insurance, retirement contributions, paid time off, equipment and software.
When does outsourcing beat hiring?
When the work comes in bursts, needs skills you only use occasionally, or has to be covered 24/7. In those cases a partner's capacity tracks your revenue while a hire's cost stays fixed.
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