Agency Financial Metric

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 Annual Hires Made25 Candidates

Annual In-House Recruiter Salaries (INR ₹)

Total gross pay of all talent acquisition staff

External Staffing & Headhunting Agency Fees (INR ₹)

Total invoices paid to third-party recruitment agencies

Job Board & Portal Subscriptions (INR ₹)

Naukri Resdex, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, IIMJobs

Recruitment Software & ATS Tech Stack (INR ₹)

Background Checks (BGV) & Coding Assessments (INR ₹)

Your True Cost Per Hire

₹1,40,000

Across 25 hires (Total Budget: ₹35,00,000)

Internal Expenses₹17,50,00050% of budget

External Vendors & Portals₹17,50,00050% of budget

Potential Savings with Ascent ATSRecover up to ₹11,20,000 per year

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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.

Cost Per Hire = (Total Internal Recruiting Costs + Total External Recruiting Costs) / Total Hires

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