Is this the same as a paycheck calculator?

No. A paycheck calculator focuses on employee net pay. This payroll cost calculator focuses on the employer’s fully burdened cost.

Do I have to enter benefits?

No. Benefits fields are optional and folded under the calculate button so the first screen stays usable on a phone.

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Payroll Cost Calculator

Q: What is a payroll cost calculator?

It estimates what an employee really costs an employer: wages plus employer payroll taxes and optional benefits such as health contributions and retirement match.

Free payroll cost calculator for employers—wages, employer taxes, and optional benefits for one hire.

Pay & benefits

Pay type

Annual salary

Pay frequency

Work weeks / year

Work state

Optional benefits (employer-paid)

Health / insurance (monthly employer share)

Retirement match (% of wages)

Other benefits (annual)

Fully burdened cost

Enter pay and state to estimate wages + employer taxes + optional benefits.

Estimates only — not tax or benefits advice.

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How this payroll cost calculator works

We annualize wages, add employer Social Security, Medicare, net FUTA, and state SUTA (plus listed employer add-ons), then add optional benefits you enter. Benefits are planning inputs you control—not a benefits marketplace.

State pages

Payroll tax split California Texas New York Florida Pennsylvania Illinois Ohio Georgia North Carolina Michigan

What is a payroll cost calculator?

It estimates what an employee really costs: wages plus employer payroll taxes and optional benefits.

Is this a paycheck calculator?

No. It does not compute employee net pay after income-tax withholding.

Are benefits required?

No. Leave them at zero or folded closed for a taxes-only employer cost.