About the Benefits Cost Calculator
Total employer cost of employee benefits (health, retirement match, leave, other) and as a share of salary.
Also known as: employee benefits cost, benefits percentage of salary.
How to use this calculator
- Enter salary, health insurance, retirement match, other benefits and the other fields.
- The result updates instantly as you type — press Calculate (or Enter) at any time.
- Review the breakdown shown under the main result.
- Use Copy result or Share to save the answer or send a link with your inputs.
Formula
Benefits = health + match + other + PTO value
Worked example
Using the values pre-filled in the calculator above:
- Salary = 65,000
- Health insurance = 7,200
- Retirement match = 4 %
- Other benefits = 1,500
- Paid days off = 20
the calculator returns:
- Total benefits cost: 16,300
- As % of salary: 25.08%
- Paid leave value: 5,000