Payroll taxes and workers comp

Wage is the line everyone sees. Payroll taxes and workers comp are the lines that quietly move the total. They change with state, wage base, and class code. If you skip them, the hire looks cheaper than your inputs imply.

Why these lines move the total

Treat them as first-class inputs, not footnotes:

• Payroll taxes that scale with wage and state rules
• Workers comp that changes with class code and risk
• Benefits and overhead that sit on top of both

An itemized Hiring Cost estimate shows what your assumptions imply. It is not tax advice and it is not a filing tool.

Workers comp and payroll taxes are often where wage times 1.3 breaks.

Compare roles and states before you post

Same wage can produce different loaded totals.

Run the estimate for the role and location you are actually filling. Then change one input at a time: state, class code, or benefits. That makes the gap visible before the job is live.

Free, full, and itemized views are included. Pro can save and compare scenarios if you want to keep them.

Keep class codes and benefits current

Stale assumptions create stale estimates.

Useful revisits include:

• New class code for a shop floor role
• Office vs field assumptions
• Benefits added mid-year
• Same role in a second state

These are educational comparisons from your inputs. They are not tax, legal, accounting, or financial advice.

Seeing workers comp by class code changed which location we staffed first.

Keep the model live

Assumptions change. The estimate should change with them.

When class codes, benefits, or state assumptions change, update Hiring Cost. Support covers the software, not advisory work.

Open Hiring Cost when you are ready to run your own numbers.