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AI against a hire, on the same basis
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Run the AI against a hire, on the same basis calculator: Full cost of the hire, per year; Hire cost as a multiple of salary; Full cost of the AI route, year one; Full cost of the AI route, year two onward. Missing inputs fall back to their documented defaults.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| salary | number | no | Salary for the role |
| onCostPct | number | no | Employer costs as a percentage of salary |
| equip | number | no | Equipment, software and workspace per year |
| recruit | number | no | Recruitment cost, spread over expected tenure |
| mgmtHrs | number | no | Management hours a week |
| mgmtRate | number | no | Manager cost per hour |
| aiLicence | number | no | AI tool annual licence |
| aiSetup | number | no | Data and integration, year one |
| superHrs | number | no | Hours a week supervising and checking output |
| superRate | number | no | Cost per hour of whoever checks it |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"salary": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Salary for the role",
"default": 55000
},
"onCostPct": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Employer costs as a percentage of salary",
"default": 25
},
"equip": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Equipment, software and workspace per year",
"default": 4000
},
"recruit": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Recruitment cost, spread over expected tenure",
"default": 4000
},
"mgmtHrs": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Management hours a week",
"default": 3
},
"mgmtRate": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Manager cost per hour",
"default": 75
},
"aiLicence": {
"type": "number",
"description": "AI tool annual licence",
"default": 12000
},
"aiSetup": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Data and integration, year one",
"default": 25000
},
"superHrs": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Hours a week supervising and checking output",
"default": 5
},
"superRate": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Cost per hour of whoever checks it",
"default": 45
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}