Recruitment Cost Per Hire Calculator
Discover your true recruiting spend. Measure internal recruiter salaries, job portal subscriptions, background verification fees, and staffing agency markups to benchmark your recruitment efficiency.
Recruitment Expenditure Inputs
Total gross pay of all talent acquisition staff
Total invoices paid to third-party recruitment agencies
Naukri Resdex, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, IIMJobs
Across 25 hires (Total Budget: ₹35,00,000)
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How Cost Per Hire is Calculated (SHRM Standard)
According to standard international HR metrics (ISO 30414 and SHRM), Cost Per Hire is the total of all internal recruiting costs plus all external recruiting costs, divided by the total number of hires made during that measurement period.
Internal Recruiting Costs Include:
- In-house recruiter salaries and performance incentives
- Recruiting management and talent ops software (ATS)
- Internal employee referral bonuses and rewards
External Recruiting Costs Include:
- Job board advertising (Naukri, LinkedIn, Indeed)
- Third-party staffing and headhunting agency placement fees
- Pre-employment background verification (BGV) and drug tests