Cost comparison
What does a US hire actually cost you?
Not just the number on the job advert. Payroll tax, benefits, paid leave, equipment and recruiting all ride along with a salary — and most of it stays invisible until it shows up on a P&L.
Put a real role and salary into the calculator below and see the full US-side cost next to what the same seat costs staffed through GH. Every assumption behind the arithmetic is disclosed on the page, not held back for a sales call.
The figure below is the staffing saving alone. On most accounts we then automate the routine share of the role — the answering, the posting, the copying between systems — so part of the seat is never paid for at all. That second saving is scoped per account rather than guessed at here.
What this could save you
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US cost, all-in
$65,563/yr
GH cost, all-in
$20,800/yr
Annual saving
$44,763
68.3% lower than staying in-house
Full itemised breakdown
See the six line items that make up the US-side total — payroll tax, benefits, paid leave, equipment, and recruiting — for the numbers above.
No sales call. We'll just send the same breakdown to your inbox.
Every assumption this rests on
These are conservative public US averages — employer payroll tax, benefits load, paid leave, and the rest — not GH Business Solutions' own measured figures. Every number above is either something you entered or something listed here: nothing is hidden, and nothing is rounded in our favor. It is disclosed in full so you can check the arithmetic yourself rather than take our word for it.
| Assumption | Value |
|---|---|
| Employer payroll tax | 9.15% (FICA 7.65%, plus federal and state unemployment) |
| Benefits load | 25% — insurance, retirement and supplemental pay only, since tax and leave are costed separately |
| Paid leave | 20 days (roughly 12 vacation days plus 8 public holidays) |
| Workstation and software | $1,500 |
| Cost per hire | $1,300 (SHRM 2026 median for nonexecutive roles) |
| US voluntary turnover | 18% a year (published US range is 13%-18% — we use the top of it) |
| GH rate | $10.00 per billable hour (our range is $9-$10 — we cost the top of it here) |
| Self-managed seat | $450 a month salary at cost, plus $70 a week for the desk, plus a $695 recruitment fee over 2 years |
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