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Employee Turnover Cost Calculator
The real cost of losing an employee goes far beyond the hiring fee. This tool quantifies every dollar — hard costs and soft — so you can make the business case for retention.
Step 1 — Compensation inputs
Manager: —/hr
Employee: —/hr
HR: —/hr
Includes 50% benefits & overhead · 50 working weeks · 40 hrs/wk
Total Turnover Cost Summary
Hard cost subtotal
$0
Separation + vacancy + hiring + training
Soft cost estimate
$0
6–12 month productivity & cultural drag
Total turnover cost per employee
$0
Hard + soft costs combined
Revenue needed to break even
$0
Marginal revenue replacement (3× hard cost)
Cost-to-salary ratio — enter salaries above
The 1:1 rule of thumb: It typically costs roughly $1 to replace every $1 of annual salary — so replacing a $55,000 employee runs about $55,000. Senior roles often exceed that ratio. Soft costs alone can double or triple your hard cost figure. Does your sales team know what burden they're carrying every time someone walks out the door?