Hiring economics

Sunday Hiring Cost Calculator

Model your real recruiting burn — then unlock insights on where Sunday compresses cost and calendar time.

Hiring scenario

Current runway vs aggressive growth (2× scale on volume hires).

Your inputs

Time per hire (hours)

Hiring friction

Implied hourly rate

2,885/ hr

From your ₹60L salary ÷ 2,080 work hours — used to value leadership time on hiring.

Sunday flat fee @ avg CTC

₹1,09,000

Per successful placement · pay-on-hire model

Scenario scale

Effective hires modeled: 8

Verdict

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

Snapshot metrics

Total hiring spend

₹50,89,423

Everything included below

Cost per hire

₹6,36,178

32% of avg CTC

Payroll burden

31.8%

Of annual payroll at avg CTC

Founder time cost

₹4,90,385

170 hrs

Job boards & tools

₹2,70,000

LinkedIn, Naukri, misc.

Agency commissions

₹8,00,000

4 agency hire(s)

Vacancy + bad hires

₹35,29,038

Hidden drag

Days on recruiting

21

≈ full workdays @ 8h

Where the money goes

Share of total estimated hiring spend

Platforms

₹2,70,000

Agency

₹8,00,000

Your time

₹4,90,385

Vacancy & mis-hires

₹35,29,038

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