Average Cost of Hiring a New Employee
in a study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, hiring an employee in a company with 0-500 people costs an average of $7,645. Another study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) states that the average cost to hire an employee is $4,129. And it takes around 42 days to fill a position.
And in more research, according to RecruiterBox, the average cost-per-hire in the manufacturing industry is $5,159.
Although hiring costs vary by industry and region, nonetheless it is always surprising to see the bottom-line figure. Particularly after all of the line item costs have been factored in. The total cost of hiring a new employee could be as high as $5,000, or more. That’s in a professional or manufacturing industry.
On the other hand, even hiring a new employee in a service industry typically costs more than $1,000.
Hiring Process Elements
In other words, there are many surprising individual costs incurred during the hiring process. They include:
- advertising costs
- in-house recruiters’ salaries
- third-party recruiter fees
- travel expenses
- sign-on bonuses, and…
- employee referral bonuses.
For certain high-level jobs, there may be employee relocation costs, as well.
Note that costs associated with hiring a productive employee are far less than costs and overall impact of a bad hire. If a new employee isn’t a fit and terminates quickly, the company may experience a number of additional costs. These may include cost to recruit and train a replacement, and unproductive time that was lost.
Hiring Cost Infographic
The infographic shows a detailed breakout of the costs of hiring new employees. Note the cost of hiring the wrong employee and ways to avoid that mistake.
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