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Cost of a vacant role calculator

Every week a role sits open, you lose the output that seat would produce. Enter the salary and how long the role has been open to see the cost so far, plus what it climbs to if it stays open another 4 weeks. No email required.

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Cost of a Vacant Role Calculator

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We use first-year salary as a proxy for the lost output of the empty seat.

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0 weeks26 weeks

Your estimate - 6 weeks open

Cost per week open
$1,731
Lost output of the unfilled seat, every week
Cost so far
$10,385
6 weeks the seat has stayed empty
Cost if open 4 more weeks
$17,308
Projected total at 10 weeks open

BEG fills roles in 23 to 35 days with an 86% fill rate, so speed is the saving. Every week you cut off the search is a week of this cost you never pay.

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The Hidden Cost

An empty seat costs more than the salary you are not paying.

Lost output

  • ✓Work the seat would produce
  • ✓Projects that slip or stall
  • ✓Revenue and deadlines at risk
  • ✓The core cost this tool estimates

Team strain

  • ✓Coworkers absorb the extra load
  • ✓Overtime and burnout risk
  • ✓Slower response to customers
  • ✓Morale dips the longer it drags

Slower hiring drags

  • ✓Months of search add up fast
  • ✓Best candidates take other offers
  • ✓Rushed hires raise turnover risk
  • ✓Speed protects quality

How BEG helps

  • ✓Roles filled in 23 to 35 days
  • ✓86% fill rate
  • ✓45-day replacement guarantee
  • ✓Permanent placement, not staffing

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BEG is a permanent placement service and an authorized reseller of isolved Job Placement. We fill roles in 23 to 35 days with an 86% fill rate, backed by a 45-day replacement guarantee. The faster the seat is filled, the less of this cost you pay.