# True Employee Cost Calculator — Canada

> Build a transparent annual employer-cost budget without substituting the employee withholding rate for employer contributions. CAD planning view; stated limitations apply.

Page: https://askcalculators.com/ca/employee-cost/
Definition: https://askcalculators.com/ca/employee-cost/definition.json
JSON Schema: https://askcalculators.com/ca/employee-cost/schema.json
Version: 20.16.0
Maintained by: AskCalculators (software project; not a credentialed reviewer)
Qualified review: pending. Automated checks do not establish professional approval.
Page status: Live
Review status: Pending

## Use
Open the calculator page and enter values. Query-string parameters can restore and bookmark a calculation.
Example: https://askcalculators.com/ca/employee-cost/?salary=60000&employerPayroll=0&benefits=8000&pension=3000&equipment=2000&hiring=6000&expectedTenure=3&overhead=3000&productiveHours=1600

## Inputs
- salary: Annual gross cash compensation; type=money; required; default=60000; min=0; max=1000000000000
- employerPayroll: Verified applicable employer payroll taxes; type=money; required; default=0; min=0; max=1000000000000
- benefits: Annual employer-paid benefits; type=money; required; default=8000; min=0; max=1000000000000
- pension: Employer retirement/pension contribution; type=money; required; default=3000; min=0; max=1000000000000
- equipment: Annual equipment/software allowance; type=money; required; default=2000; min=0; max=1000000000000
- hiring: Recruitment/onboarding cost; type=money; required; default=6000; min=0; max=1000000000000
- expectedTenure: Years over which hiring cost is allocated; type=number; required; default=3; min=0.1; max=50
- overhead: Other attributable annual overhead; type=money; required; default=3000; min=0; max=1000000000000
- productiveHours: Expected productive hours per year; type=number; required; default=1600; min=0.01; max=5000

## Outputs
- annualCost: Modeled annual employer cost; format=currency; primary
- costPerHour: Cost per productive hour; format=currency
- burdenPercent: Non-salary cost as a percentage of salary; format=number

## Formula
annual cost = compensation + employer payroll + benefits + pension + equipment + hiring cost/tenure + other overhead.

Inputs are converted to canonical units before evaluating this stated formula.

## Rules
- Empty optional inputs are undefined, not zero.
- Hidden conditional inputs are ignored.
- Do not invent missing required inputs.

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.