Vacancy cost estimator
What does an unfilled technician position actually cost?
Set the sliders to your own rates. The estimator shows the service profit you lose for every month the bay stays empty.
An unfilled technician position costs you the service profit that technician would have produced. Multiply charge-out rate by billable hours for annual revenue, subtract wage plus burden for annual cost, and the difference is what the empty bay costs per year. At $150 charge-out and a $40 wage with 20% burden, over a 52-week year, that is about $212,000 a year, or $17,700 a month.
An empty bay costs you
$17,680/month
$212,160 in lost service profit per year
- Revenue per year
- $312,000
- Employee cost per year
- $99,840
We work on contingency: no up-front fees, and you are invoiced only after your new hire starts.
The estimator assumes a working year of 52 weeks. Straight-time hours are paid at the hourly rate, overtime hours at 1.5 times that rate, and both are billed to your customer at the same charge out rate.
What the inputs mean
- Charge out rate
- The hourly labor rate you charge your customers.
- Employee hourly rate
- The hourly wage paid to your technician.
- Employee burden rate
- Employment costs on top of the wage, such as benefits, insurance and payroll taxes.
- Employee efficiency
- Average billable hours for a technician. Eight hours billed in an eight-hour shift is 100% efficiency.
- Hours per week (straight time)
- Regular hours worked each week, paid at the employee hourly rate.
- Hours per week (overtime)
- Hours worked beyond straight time each week. Paid at 1.5 times the hourly rate, billed to your customer at the same charge out rate.
Estimator FAQ
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