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Cost per hire calculator for sales teams
Hiring canvassers, setters, or sales reps every month? See what each approach really costs at your volume — and how the bill changes as you grow.
Your hiring
Your current options
What 5 hires a month costs you
Recruiting agency
20% of first-year pay, per hire
$80,000/mo
$16,000 per hire
Pay-per-placement firm
$1,500 per hire
$7,500/mo
$1,500 per hire
Doing it yourself
$1,500 ads + 10 hrs of your time per hire
$4,000/mo
$800 per hire
With RepFlux
One flat monthly fee — whether you hire 5 or 10.
If you doubled to 10 hires a month, the agency bill would be about $160,000 and pay-per-placement about $15,000. Our fee wouldn't change — a dedicated team and our hiring software source, screen, and book candidates onto your calendar, and job-board spend is billed at cost.
Get my side-by-side quote →Estimates for comparison only, based on the numbers you enter. Your actual costs depend on your market, roles, and show rates.
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Questions, answered
How do you calculate cost per hire?+
Add up everything you spend to hire in a period — agency or placement fees, job ads, and the value of the time your team spends recruiting — then divide by the number of hires. This calculator does that for three common approaches so you can compare them.
What's a typical cost per hire for a sales rep or canvasser?+
It depends heavily on how you hire. For in-home sales reps, a contingency agency at 20% of an $80,000 first-year role costs about $16,000 per hire (agencies commonly charge 15–30%). For canvassers, between agency retainers and ad campaigns that don't convert, $1,000+ per hire is common. Pay-per-placement firms are often around $1,500 per hire. Doing it yourself costs your ad spend plus hours of your team's time per hire.
Why doesn't the calculator show RepFlux's price?+
RepFlux charges one flat monthly fee that depends on your roles, markets, and volume. Request a side-by-side quote and we'll show your exact number next to what you spend today.
What lowers cost per hire the most?+
Speed and show rates. Most applicants are lost to slow callbacks and no-shows, so reaching people in minutes and confirming every interview gets more hires from the same ad spend.
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