What's that empty seat actually costing you?

Spoiler: it's more than you think. Pick your industry, override our benchmarks, and walk into your next leadership meeting with a number the CFO will hear.

Median role

$98K

45 days unfilled at industry benchmarks.

Cost / day

$2.1K

Bleeds out every day a role sits open.

Hidden multiplier

1.6x

Team-drag is what most managers forget to count — coworkers pick up the slack, and their own output drops.

Cost of Vacancy calculator

Three steps. Real numbers.

Pick your role type, choose your industry, and we'll pre-fill benchmarks. Override anything that doesn't match your reality — the total updates live.

1

What kind of role is open?

This calibrates the benchmarks we'll suggest in step 3.

2

Pick the closest industry.

We'll pre-fill the model with this industry's benchmarks.

3

Tune the numbers.

Pre-filled with industry benchmarks. Override anything you'd like — the live preview updates instantly.

Tip: If you know your labor efficiency ratio, multiply the hourly rate by your LER to estimate weekly revenue per role.

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Total cost of vacancy

$123K

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If you fill faster

Cut time-to-fill. Stop the bleed.

Modeled with Talroo's average lift: 42% faster fills and 35% lower sourcing spend. Here's how those two levers redraw the picture above.

Today · without Talroo

The seat costs you this much, this often.

$4,320

Days to fill

Direct productivity loss

Team drag

Hiring spend

With Talroo

Faster sourcing closes the gap.

$2,160

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Days to fill

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Direct productivity loss

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Team drag

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Hiring spend

You'd save, on this role alone

$1,860

That's 6 fewer days bleeding · funded a whole new headcount's first quarter.

How we get there

Talroo's hiring lift, broken down

Hiring spend