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28
Sep
2022
Companies Create Huge Savings by Utilizing Staffing Companies
Our analysis shows an annual cost savings of $5,692.96 per employee.

If a company is paying their internal worker $14.00/hour, their total yearly cost for employing the worker is $51,411.36.

If they pay the same worker $14.00/hour through a staffing company, and the staffing company has a mark-up of 36.5%, they will annually pay $39,748.80 for the same worker.    

Company costs for internal staffing include payroll taxes (FICA, FUTA, SUTA), company benefits, onboarding administration, worker’s compensation, etc.  In parallel, prices continue to rise and make hiring more expensive.  In many states and Commonwealths, SUTA tax rates have doubled or tripled, or states have extended the worker’s compensation threshold.  In many cases, SUTA tax increases have increased up 2-8% per worker.

Worker’s Compensation insurance, administrative costs, and healthcare benefit costs continue to rise – weekly.  Thus, the cost of hiring an employee has become more expensive.  (I have provided a full breakdown of costs below.)

In the end, a company will likely save more than $5,692.96 per employee, if they utilize a staffing company. Hence, if they have 50 employees hired by a staffing company as opposed to internal hiring, they would have created a yearly savings of $284,648.00.

*Please note that savings are likely much greater due to liability costs, bank interest rates rising and additional statutory benefits not listed.

Internal Staffing

NOTES

Vendor Staffing

Hourly Rate

$ 14.00

Hourly Pay Rate

$14.00

FICA match

$ 0.07650

FICA match

N/A

SUTA match

$ 0.06000

SUTA match

N/A

FUTA match

$ 0.01500

FUTA match

N/A

Sales/Other Tax

$ -

Sales/Other Tax

N/A

401k Match

$ 0.03000

Average Match for Companies

401k Match

N/A

Workers Compensation

$ 0.07000

Workers Compensation

N/A

Medical, Dental, Vision

$ 0.25900

(Low Cost Plan)

Medical, Dental, Vision

N/A

Onboarding Administration/Payroll

$ 0.04000

Onboarding Administration/Payroll

N/A

Advertising/Marketing

$ 0.00500

Advertising/Marketing

N/A

Tuition, Life Ins, etc

$ 0.00500

Tuition, Life Ins, etc

N/A

Onsite Manager

N/A

Cost per hour

$ 0.56050

Hourly Cost Multiplier

$ 1.56050

1 + 0.56050

Company Total Cost Per Hour Worked

$21.85

11*1.56050

Company Total Cost Per Hour Worked

$ 19.11

Bill Rate rate= $11(x) 36.5% Mark Up

Hours Per Year

2080

Hours Per Year

2080

Total Yearly Cost Per Worker

$ 45,441.76

Total Yearly Cost Per Worker

$ 39,748.80

Cost Savings per worker

$ -

Cost Savings Per Worker Annually

$ 5,692.96

Number of Workers

50

Total Yearly Savings

$ 284,648.00


Ben Rosencrants (president of Cortech)
info@cor-tech.net