Employee Cost
Calculator

Playroll's free employee cost calculator is a tool designed to give you insight into employer contributions and payroll costs to hire an employee in a new country. The calculator allows you to estimate team costs so you can accurately budget for your global workforce.

Employers can calculate the cost of an employee by adding an employee’s gross wages in addition to other employee-related expenses. These include payroll taxes – for example, in the U.S., this will cover local, state, and federal taxes, which include Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment.



This differs from the true cost of an employee, also known as labor costs, as this also includes the cost of supplemental benefits. For example, these benefits can include health insurance and paid time off, along with other ancillary expenses such as meals or supplies. Overhead expenses such as required technology or office space, also figure into the calculation.

Playroll supports employment in countries around the world with our Employer of Record (EOR) services. The countries in the dropdown are representative of the countries we have high concentrations of hires in. If you don’t see the country you’re looking for, don’t worry – we are constantly updating this calculator and developing our tools to help our customers hire everywhere! Check out our International Hiring Guides for more detailed information.

In the interim, chat with one of our global expansion experts, to get a customized quote for your needs today.

Playroll's cost calculator lists the statutory benefits. To make your total benefits package a talent magnet with localized offerings, we recommend booking a meeting with Playroll's globalization experts to review the supplementary benefits we offer that are compliant, comprehensive, and flexible — at competitive rates.

With Playroll, our team lifts the burden of benefits management by supporting you in navigating local expectations so you can attract and retain the best.

With this publicly available, free-to-use employee cost calculator, you can get an understanding of the cost to hire a new employee based on the mandatory contributions required in their country of residence. This encompasses taxes for government programs like healthcare, retirement, unemployment, and more. When you hire with Playroll as your Employer of Record (EOR), these costs are automatically applied during payroll.

Our publicly available calculator only allows employer cost calculations based on employee gross salaries, as the base. In the Playroll app, you'll be able to calculate the cost of employment for employees based on their net salary requirements, or even to create calculations based on total cost of employment to employers, to compare employee gross salaries by origin country. Also, these calculations do not include Playroll EOR fees or FX fees, in the case of currency conversions. You can find these specific breakdowns and more information about these programs by signing up with Playroll and using the expanded version of our employee cost calculator, located within our product dashboard.

Our onboarding representatives can also provide you estimates for the cost of supplemental benefits that employees might expect to receive in their local market. Playroll offers competitive local benefits plans at low costs in most countries we hire in, which provides your global team members with the support they need to thrive. Offering the best local benefits also helps you attract and retain the best talent around the world.

To access Playroll's expanded employee cost calculator, sign up today! It is free to get started and use the calculator, whether or not you decide to onboard an employee with us.