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  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://askcalculators.com/ca/employee-cost/schema.json",
  "title": "True Employee Cost Calculator — Canada inputs",
  "description": "Build a transparent annual employer-cost budget without substituting the employee withholding rate for employer contributions. CAD planning view; stated limitations apply.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "salary": {
      "title": "Annual gross cash compensation",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 60000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "CAD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "employerPayroll": {
      "title": "Verified applicable employer payroll taxes",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "CAD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "benefits": {
      "title": "Annual employer-paid benefits",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 8000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "CAD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "pension": {
      "title": "Employer retirement/pension contribution",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 3000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "CAD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "equipment": {
      "title": "Annual equipment/software allowance",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 2000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "CAD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "hiring": {
      "title": "Recruitment/onboarding cost",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 6000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "CAD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "expectedTenure": {
      "title": "Years over which hiring cost is allocated",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 3,
      "minimum": 0.1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "x-step": 0.01
    },
    "overhead": {
      "title": "Other attributable annual overhead",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 3000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "CAD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "productiveHours": {
      "title": "Expected productive hours per year",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 1600,
      "minimum": 0.01,
      "maximum": 5000,
      "x-step": 0.01
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "salary",
    "employerPayroll",
    "benefits",
    "pension",
    "equipment",
    "hiring",
    "expectedTenure",
    "overhead",
    "productiveHours"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "x-askcalculators": {
    "version": "20.16.0",
    "calculatorUrl": "https://askcalculators.com/ca/employee-cost/",
    "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",
    "migrationStatus": "new",
    "reviewStatus": "pending",
    "pageStatus": "live",
    "workStatus": "pending",
    "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."
    },
    "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."
    },
    "outputs": {
      "annualCost": {
        "title": "Modeled annual employer cost",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "CAD",
        "x-digits": 2,
        "x-primary": true
      },
      "costPerHour": {
        "title": "Cost per productive hour",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "CAD",
        "x-digits": 2
      },
      "burdenPercent": {
        "title": "Non-salary cost as a percentage of salary",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "number",
        "x-digits": 2
      }
    }
  }
}