{
  "id": "v20-ca-employee-cost",
  "version": "20.16.0",
  "name": "True Employee Cost Calculator — Canada",
  "shortName": "True Employee Cost",
  "description": "Build a transparent annual employer-cost budget without substituting the employee withholding rate for employer contributions. CAD planning view; stated limitations apply.",
  "category": "Finance",
  "categorySlug": "finance",
  "keywords": [
    "employee-cost",
    "ca",
    "business-finance",
    "business-metrics"
  ],
  "status": "live",
  "workStatus": "pending",
  "reviewStatus": "pending",
  "migrationStatus": "new",
  "engine": "native",
  "creator": null,
  "reviewer": null,
  "quality": {
    "availability": "live",
    "technicalReviewRecord": "/reviews/v20-ca-employee-cost.json",
    "qualifiedReview": "pending",
    "qualifiedReviewer": null,
    "qualifiedReviewDate": null,
    "formulaVersion": "20.16.0",
    "referenceCoverage": "references-listed",
    "releaseTestScope": "Catalog and regression checks are not a professional formula audit; consult release evidence.",
    "historicalMetadataDate": "",
    "historicalMetadataNotice": "The imported date is not evidence of a completed human review."
  },
  "notice": "Illustrative defaults are not local quotes or verified legal rules. Dated reference components and user-entered assumptions are explicitly distinguished. Professional review is pending.",
  "urls": {
    "page": "/ca/employee-cost/",
    "definition": "/ca/employee-cost/definition.json",
    "schema": "/ca/employee-cost/schema.json",
    "llms": "/ca/employee-cost/llms.txt",
    "legacyDefinition": "/ca/employee-cost/definition.json"
  },
  "queryExample": "https://askcalculators.com/ca/employee-cost/?salary=60000&employerPayroll=0&benefits=8000&pension=3000&equipment=2000&hiring=6000&expectedTenure=3&overhead=3000&productiveHours=1600",
  "queryParameters": {
    "salary": {
      "label": "Annual gross cash compensation",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 60000
    },
    "employerPayroll": {
      "label": "Verified applicable employer payroll taxes",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 0
    },
    "benefits": {
      "label": "Annual employer-paid benefits",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 8000
    },
    "pension": {
      "label": "Employer retirement/pension contribution",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 3000
    },
    "equipment": {
      "label": "Annual equipment/software allowance",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 2000
    },
    "hiring": {
      "label": "Recruitment/onboarding cost",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 6000
    },
    "expectedTenure": {
      "label": "Years over which hiring cost is allocated",
      "type": "number",
      "required": true,
      "default": 3
    },
    "overhead": {
      "label": "Other attributable annual overhead",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 3000
    },
    "productiveHours": {
      "label": "Expected productive hours per year",
      "type": "number",
      "required": true,
      "default": 1600
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "salary",
      "label": "Annual gross cash compensation",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 60000,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "CAD",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "employerPayroll",
      "label": "Verified applicable employer payroll taxes",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 0,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "CAD",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "benefits",
      "label": "Annual employer-paid benefits",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 8000,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "CAD",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "pension",
      "label": "Employer retirement/pension contribution",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 3000,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "CAD",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "equipment",
      "label": "Annual equipment/software allowance",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 2000,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "CAD",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "hiring",
      "label": "Recruitment/onboarding cost",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 6000,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "CAD",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "expectedTenure",
      "label": "Years over which hiring cost is allocated",
      "type": "number",
      "defaultValue": 3,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0.1,
      "max": 50,
      "step": 0.01,
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "overhead",
      "label": "Other attributable annual overhead",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 3000,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "CAD",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "productiveHours",
      "label": "Expected productive hours per year",
      "type": "number",
      "defaultValue": 1600,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0.01,
      "max": 5000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "annualCost",
      "label": "Modeled annual employer cost",
      "format": "currency",
      "digits": 2,
      "primary": true,
      "currency": "CAD"
    },
    {
      "id": "costPerHour",
      "label": "Cost per productive hour",
      "format": "currency",
      "digits": 2,
      "currency": "CAD"
    },
    {
      "id": "burdenPercent",
      "label": "Non-salary cost as a percentage of salary",
      "format": "number",
      "digits": 2
    }
  ],
  "formula": {
    "expression": "annual cost = compensation + employer payroll + benefits + pension + equipment + hiring cost/tenure + other overhead.",
    "note": "Inputs are converted to canonical units before evaluating this stated formula."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "label": "Illustrative defaults; required verification checks remain unconfirmed",
      "inputs": {
        "unitSystem": "metric",
        "salary": 60000,
        "employerPayroll": 0,
        "benefits": 8000,
        "pension": 3000,
        "equipment": 2000,
        "hiring": 6000,
        "expectedTenure": 3,
        "overhead": 3000,
        "productiveHours": 1600
      }
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "CFPB loan-estimate explanation",
      "url": "https://www.consumerfinance.gov/owning-a-home/loan-estimate/"
    },
    {
      "label": "NIST unit conversion guidance",
      "url": "https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811"
    }
  ],
  "publicSlug": "employee-cost",
  "namespace": "ca",
  "countries": [
    "us",
    "ca",
    "uk",
    "ie"
  ]
}