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What does each hire really cost you?

Add up job boards, agency fees, your own time and the cost of empty seats. It takes about two minutes, and the numbers update as you type.

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Your hiring

Planned hires this yearAverage CTC per hire (₹ lakh)Your salary (₹ lakh a year)Works out to ₹2,885 an hour (salary ÷ 2,080 hours). Used to value your time.

What you spend

Hires through agenciesAgency fee (% of CTC)Naukri and job boards (₹ a year)LinkedIn Recruiter (₹ a year)Other tools (₹ a year)

Your time per hire, in hours

Writing the JDScreeningInterviewsOffer and negotiation

What goes wrong

Searches that failedDays a role stays openHires that didn't work out

Your estimate

Total hiring cost this year

₹50,89,423

Cost per hire32% of average CTC: ₹6,36,178
Share of payrollAt your average CTC: 31.8%
Hours on hiringAbout 21 working days: 170

Where the money goes

Platforms₹2,70,000
Agency₹8,00,000
Your time₹4,90,385
Vacancy & mis-hires₹35,29,038

You're spending ₹50.9L to make 8 hires this year. That's ₹6.4L per hire, or 32% of the average CTC. Your team will spend 170 hours on hiring, about 21 full working days.

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