THE HIRE VS AI CALCULATOR
See what your next hire really costs.
Fully loaded salary math vs an AI system doing the repetitive part of the role. Thirty seconds, no email required.
Think: answering the same questions, moving data between tools, scheduling, follow-ups, reports.
Year-one cost of the hire
$63,000
$45,000 salary → $58,500 loaded + $4,500 recruiting & ramp-up
Typical AI system cost, year one
$11,500
Example build: $2,500 two-week build + $750/mo upkeep. Scope changes the number — your quote comes from the scoping call.
Kept in your pocket, year one
$51,500
28 hrs/week freed. The build pays for itself in about 4 weeks of recovered time.
How this math works
- Loaded cost = salary × 1.3 (payroll taxes, benefits, overhead — typical US range is 1.25-1.4).
- Recruiting + ramp-up = $4,500 one-time (job ads, screening time, months at partial productivity).
- AI system figure is an example — a typical two-week build around $2,500 plus $750/month upkeep. Bigger scopes cost more, smaller ones less. No seats, no per-task fees either way.
- These are estimates. Your real number comes out of a five-minute scoping call — that's what the demo line below is for.
Want the real number for your business?
Call the demo line. An AI answers, scopes your build in about five minutes, and a working demo comes back within a couple business days.