Check the Next Few Hires Against Runway, Not Just Salary

For founders weighing the next few hires and checking affordability one at a time.

🎯 Why This Matters

Most founders check a new hire against current burn, and stop there. They check base salary, but forget the fully-loaded cost.

On-costs alone add 12% or more before payroll tax even enters the picture.

What's more, a revenue-generating hire's real cost includes commission at plan, not just base.

And three hires that each individually "fit" can add up to a runway problem nobody caught, because nobody checked them together.

This calculator runs the numbers most founders check one at a time, together, against actual runway.

👨‍💻 Built for Founders Who:

🧮 Are weighing the next few hires and checking affordability by gut feel

🧮 Have costed a role by base salary alone

🧮 Are stacking multiple hires without checking the combined runway impact

🧮 Want an honest read before commissioning a full diagnostic

What You'll Discover

Three reads most founders never run before extending an offer

📊 Your Runway Impact

The stacked cost of up to 3 hires, real on-costs included, against your actual cash and burn, not just whether this month's payroll clears.

💰 Your Break-Even ARR

For revenue-generating roles, the additional ARR they need to bring in, on top of current revenue, just to cover their own fully-loaded cost. Not a forecast, a floor.

📈 Your Equity Picture

Total dilution offered across these hires, tracked separately from cash burn, so it doesn't get lost in the runway conversation.

Check Your Next Hires

Up to 3 roles. Real on-costs, recruiting fees, and equity included. Your new runway, runway compression, and a plain-English read.

Perfect For A SaaS Founder Who:

📍 Is about to extend an offer and wants to check it against runway first

📍Has multiple open roles and hasn't stress-tested them together

📍Wants to separate "can we afford the base salary" from the real fully-loaded cost

📍Wants a first-pass read before commissioning a full diagnostic

Beyond The Calculator

This isn't about second-guessing a hiring plan you've already committed to. It's about knowing what it actually costs before you do.

With this calculator, you'll:

✨ Know your new runway after stacking these hires, not just a gut sense that it's probably fine

✨ See the real fully-loaded cost, on-costs and recruiting fees included, not just base salary

✨ Know exactly how much additional ARR a revenue-generating hire needs to bring in to pay for itself

✨ Track equity offered separately from cash burn, so dilution doesn't get lost in the runway math