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India Hiring Cost Calculator
See the true cost of hiring in India. No email, no signup.
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See the true cost of hiring in India. No email, no signup.
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Most India hiring cost tools are email-gated lead traps that return one vague number. This one shows every statutory line item: employer PF, ESI, gratuity, bonus, and professional tax by state. Updated for India's new Labour Codes, in force since Nov 2025. Pick a role, enter salary in INR or USD, select your state, get the full employer cost breakdown instantly. No email. No signup. Built by Saileor, the India-focused EOR.
How are you handling the new Labour Code thresholds for gratuity and social security since they're still being interpreted differently across states? Curious if the breakdown stays accurate when an employee crosses the 5-year mark mid-year.
@muammerida25618 Gratuity now calculates off the new 50% wage rule, so the number reflects the post-November 2025 wage definition, not the old basic. On state variance, the central code sets the floor and the major states have notified rules that match it. Where a state hasn't finalized, we hold to the central position instead of guessing.
On the 5-year mark: eligibility flips on the exact day you complete 5 continuous years, so the breakdown shows no liability until that date, then the full accrued amount. No smearing across the year.
Love that you don't gate this behind an email form, genuinely rare for India payroll tools. One thing that would make it way more useful for me: a side-by-side compare mode where I can stack two roles or two states against each other, since I usually need to weigh hiring a senior in Bangalore versus a junior in Pune when planning headcount.
@brendendil31604 Ah this made my day, no email wall was very much on purpose, glad it resonated. Compare mode is a great idea; stacking two roles or two states side by side is squarely the kind of headcount call we want to simplify. Adding it to the list, I'll ping you when it's live.
How does this handle industry-specific variations like IT companies exempt from ESI or different gratuity rules for establishments under five years old?
@dursunltxo Two clarifications:
IT companies aren't actually ESI-exempt as a category. ESI just tracks the ₹21,000 wage ceiling, so most IT salaries sit above it and fall out that way. The tool applies the ceiling per employee, not a blanket IT rule, so a sub-₹21k support or ops hire at a tech company still gets covered correctly.
On gratuity, the five years is employee tenure, not company age. A two-year-old startup isn't exempt from gratuity, its people just haven't hit the threshold yet.
How does it handle roles that fall partly under the new labour codes and partly under the old ones, like factory workers in states that havent fully notified the new rules yet?
@kardelenrmtfpn Pay and benefits (gratuity, PF, ESI, wages) run on the new central codes everywhere, they're in force from November 2025.
Factory floor rules (hours, safety, licensing) stay on the old state rules until that state notifies its new ones.
So a factory worker isn't split in a messy way. New codes for their money, old state rules for operations. We track each state's status and apply whatever is actually in force.
How does it handle the new Labour Code thresholds for gratuity and bonus, especially when salary components are restructured to opt out of certain calculations?
@barznst The new codes closed that gap.
Your basic pay now has to be at least 50% of total salary. If a company loads up allowances to keep basic low, anything past that 50% line still counts as wages.
So splitting salary to reduce gratuity or bonus doesn't work anymore. The tool always calculates on that 50% floor, so you see the real number, not the version dressed up to look lean.
Finally a hiring cost calculator that actually shows PF, ESI, and gratuity broken out by state instead of just throwing a single number at me. The state-specific professional tax detail was exactly what I needed for comparing Bangalore vs Pune.