Cost per hire calculator

What recruiting one person costs.

Built and reviewed by Dovanic, Founder and editor, FreeByteLast reviewed: 2026-08-18

Advertising

Agency fee

Internal time cost

Hires

Cost per hire

$4,200

Total recruiting spend

$12,600

Show in today's money

With these inputs, cost per hire comes to $4,200 over 9000 years. Total recruiting spend works out to $12,600.

Over time · by agency fee

Input	−10%	Now	+10%
Advertising	$4,160	$4,200	$4,240
Agency fee	$3,900	$4,200	$4,500
Internal time cost	$4,120	$4,200	$4,280
Hires	$4,667	$4,200	$3,818

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What recruiting one person costs.

With the defaults above, cost per hire works out at $4,200.