Truck driver cost per hire calculator

    Cost per hire is the total amount you spend to fill one driver seat. Most carriers track ad spend but miss recruiter cost, background and drug screens, orientation, and sign-on bonuses — all of which belong in the number. This calculator totals those costs and divides by hires, then shows cost per seated driver using how many of those hires are still with you at 90 days.

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    How it's calculated

    Total cost = ad spend + recruiter cost + background/drug screening cost + orientation cost + sign-on bonuses
Cost per hire = total cost ÷ hires
Cost per seated driver = total cost ÷ hires still employed at 90 days

    Frequently asked questions

    Cost per hire divides your total recruiting spend by everyone you hired. Cost per seated driver divides it by only the hires still with you at 90 days — so it reflects hires that actually stuck, not just signed paperwork.

    A reasonable estimate of recruiter time spent on sourcing, screening, scheduling and follow-up for the period you're measuring — salary/hours allocated to recruiting, not their full compensation if they also do other work.

    For an accurate blended cost per hire, yes — include screening costs for every candidate screened in the period, not just the ones who were hired, since you paid for all of them.

    A cheap hire who quits in the first 90 days costs you twice — once to recruit them, and again to recruit their replacement. Cost per seated driver captures that by only crediting hires who are still seated.

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