Cost of Vacancy Calculator.
An open seat is not free. Every day it stays open you are losing direct productivity, paying for coverage on the rest of your team, and shaving margin off the projects that depend on the role. This calculator estimates the real number.
Pick a role, set the days open. The cost appears here.
How to read this
The total above is an estimate of what an open seat has cost your firm so far. The math is intentionally conservative — most published cost-of-vacancy figures land in the same ballpark, and the number rises sharply for roles that touch revenue or margin.
- Field technicians and individual contributors (1.0×). Lost productivity is the dominant cost — work doesn't happen, or it happens slower with the team carrying the load.
- Foremen, seniors, and supervisors (1.5×). Crew bottlenecks compound. A foreman missing for 30 days slows down everyone they would have been leading.
- PMs, superintendents, managers, designers (2.0×). Project margin and customer commitments are directly exposed. An empty PM seat for a quarter can wipe out the margin on multiple jobs at once.
This is also the number to keep in mind when you are deciding whether to spend on a faster hire. A flat-rate pipeline that fills the seat 30 days sooner pays for itself in almost every case above.
Faster hires save you money. Period.
Every day a seat is open is a day this number gets bigger. A pipeline-driven engagement closes the gap. Tell us what you're trying to fill and we'll show you how we'd run it.