People & employment
Total employee cost Calculator
Estimate annual employment cost using entered PRSI, pension and benefit assumptions. This free total employee cost calculator shows the calculation and its assumptions so you can compare your own figures.
Your results
Estimate annual employment cost using entered PRSI, pension and benefit assumptions.
Calculated outcomes
- Employer PRSI
- €0.00
- Employer Pension
- €0.00
Assumptions and estimates
- Enter the applicable employer PRSI rate, pension basis and costs; no Irish statutory rate or pension eligibility is inferred. Annual flat-rate approximation does not model pay-period thresholds, mid-year rate changes or pension earnings caps.
- Method: Employment cost = gross pay + entered percentage contributions + benefits + insurance + training.
- Flat annual approximation; pay-period PRSI thresholds, mid-year changes, pension earnings caps and eligibility require the applicable rules.
Useful next steps
- Use Compare options to test an alternative side by side.
- Copy, print or download a record of this calculation when you need one.
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How the total employee cost calculation works
Employment cost = gross pay + entered percentage contributions + benefits + insurance + training.
Flat annual approximation; pay-period PRSI thresholds, mid-year changes, pension earnings caps and eligibility require the applicable rules.
Using this calculator
- Enter your own figures in the labelled inputs. Keep the currencies, units and time periods consistent.
- Choose any applicable rate profile, pattern or assumption shown for this tool. Open additional inputs when relevant.
- Review annual employer cost and monthly employer cost and employer cost per productive hour, then read the stated assumptions and eligibility conditions before using the result.
Worked example
This is a static example using illustrative inputs, not facts about you or today’s date. The displayed eligibility selections and assumptions apply only to this example.
See example inputs
- Annual gross pay (€)
- 50000
- Applicable employer PRSI (%)
- 0
- Employer pension contribution (%)
- 0
- Annual benefits (€)
- 2000
- Annual insurance cost (€)
- 600
- Annual training cost (€)
- 1000
- Annual productive hours
- 1600
- Annual Employer Cost
- €53,600.00
- Monthly Employer Cost
- €4,466.67
- Employer Cost Per Productive Hour
- €33.50