Cost calculator
See how much you are really paying
The quoted rate is rarely the real one. Add payroll taxes, placement fees, and the admin time behind every shift, and the true hourly cost climbs fast.
Your numbers
Adjust these to match your office. Both columns update live.
What you normally pay permanent staff
What an agency marks your standard rate up by
CPP, EI, vacation pay (CA) or FICA, Medicare (US)
What the agency charges per shift
What your admin or manager time is worth
Onboarding, paperwork, payroll, offboarding
Average paid shift length
Through an agency that doesn’t employ
You are the employer, so the obligations stay with you
$102.22/hour
- Base wage + premium
- $70.00
- Payroll taxes
- $12.78
- Placement fee
- $9.72
- Admin overhead
- $9.72
- Workers' comp is yours
- Liability coverage is yours
- Misclassification risk is yours
- You verify the credential
By WORKFORCE
We handle payroll, taxes, HR, and compliance
$85.95/hour
$15.00/hour on top of your standard rate and its payroll taxes
- Employee wages
- $60.00
- Payroll taxes
- $10.95
- WORKFORCE
- $15.00
A note on the wage line. Through WORKFORCE, hygienist rates are set by us city by city rather than by the office. We pay fair market rates drawn from robust data sources.
- No temp premium on your standard rate
- We handle payroll
- We take care of workers' comp
- We provide liability insurance
- End-to-end compliance in your market
- Licensed and vetted talent
On these numbers WORKFORCE is $16.27 an hour less, or $117.14 a shift, and the four obligations on the left move to us.
Estimate only, and workers’ compensation, liability coverage and misclassification exposure are not priced into either column. Rates vary by market and cost of living. Talk to us for an all-in rate for your area.