The owner needed to fill shop floor and office roles in the same quarter. Wage times 1.3 treated every role the same. Class codes and benefits made that shortcut unreliable enough to change posting order.

Using Hiring Cost, they modeled each role with wage, class code, benefits, PTO, equipment, and onboarding. Itemized views showed where the totals diverged.

The challenge

A single multiplier for every role ignored workers comp and equipment differences between shop floor and office.

They needed multi-role compares before posting, not advice about staffing levels.

What they did

They ran Hiring Cost for each role, then compared:

• Shop floor vs office class codes
• Benefits and PTO by role
• Equipment and onboarding differences
• Side-by-side role totals before posting

When useful, Pro saved multi-role compares for later. Calculators stayed free.

The outcome

They had clearer role-by-role ranges before openings went live. The model did not tell them what to do. It showed what their inputs implied.

They keep updating the same structure when wages or class codes change.

Comparing roles side by side changed which opening we posted first.

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