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Cost to Company Calculator

Break a total package into take-home base, superannuation, and on-costs, so you can see what you pay and what your people actually get.

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Where Compono fits

Knowing what a role costs is the process side, and most payroll and finance tools already handle that. What they miss is whether the person in the role fits, performs, and stays, which is where the real cost sits when it goes wrong. Compono adds the people-insight layer on top of the cost picture, built on decades of psychometric research rather than AI hype. We hold a 4.8/5 rating on Capterra and grew 20% year on year against an industry average of 9.8%.

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How it's calculated

We start with the total package and split it into its parts. Take-home base is the package less superannuation, salary-sacrifice items, and any allowances you flag. Superannuation defaults to the superannuation guarantee rate of 12% (from 1 July 2025, per the Australian Taxation Office), and you can override it. On-costs sit on top of base pay (the employer view), while salary-sacrifice and bonus components shift between the two views depending on how you toggle them. The employer-cost view sums everything the business pays. The employee-value view sums everything the person receives.

Common questions

What is cost to company?

Cost to company is the total amount a business spends to employ someone across a year. It includes base pay, superannuation, bonuses, allowances, and any on-costs the employer carries, so it sits above the headline salary.

What superannuation rate does this use?

It defaults to 12%, the superannuation guarantee rate that applies from 1 July 2025 (Australian Taxation Office). You can override the rate if your arrangement differs.

Why are the employer and employee views different?

The employer view counts everything the business pays out. The employee view counts everything the person receives as recognisable value. On-costs and some salary-sacrifice items show in one view but not the other, which is why the totals rarely match.

Does this calculate income tax or take-home pay after tax?

No. This tool decomposes the package into its cost components. It does not model personal income tax, so take-home base here means base pay before tax, not net pay in the bank.

Figures are estimates using published benchmarks. Sources shown above; rates reviewed annually.