---
title: "Recruitment Cost Calculator"
description: "Compare the full cost of a UAE or KSA hire through job boards, a percentage-fee agency or per-role sourcing, including screening time and vacancy cost. Free."
url: "https://www.nastalent.com/hub/tools/recruitment-cost-calculator"
updated: "2026-10-20"
rules_verified: "2026-07-20"
type: "calculator (runs in the browser)"
---

# Recruitment Cost Calculator

> Compare the full cost of a UAE or KSA hire through job boards, a percentage-fee agency or per-role sourcing, including screening time and vacancy cost. Free.

Interactive calculator: https://www.nastalent.com/hub/tools/recruitment-cost-calculator

Calculations run in your browser. If you choose ‘Send me this result’, we email it to you and keep a copy to reply.

## How to use it

1. **Enter the role.** Enter the monthly salary, the number of hires, the screening hours and the hourly cost of the person doing them.
2. **Check the assumptions.** Replace the default agency fee, job-board spend, package price, screening shares and weeks to hire with your own figures.
3. **Add vacancy cost (optional).** Enter the monthly value the role contributes; each route then includes the cost of the weeks the seat stays empty.
4. **Compare the routes.** Read each route’s total and breakdown, then copy a link to share the result.

## How this calculator works

      
Comparing fees alone is misleading, so every route is totalled the same way: **external spend + your team’s screening time + vacancy cost**. Every number is an input you can change; the defaults are starting points, not market data.

      
### Job boards only

      
You pay for advertising and absorb all the screening. It is the cheapest invoice and the most expensive in hours, and applicants are not filtered before they reach you.

      
### Agency (percentage fee)

      
The fee is a percentage of the annual package, so it scales with salary. Use the percentage from your agency’s proposal. You still interview, so part of the screening time stays with your team.

      
### Nas Talent per role

      
A fixed per-role price for a vetted shortlist that does not move with salary. The default is the published Start price; other tiers are on the [pricing page](https://www.nastalent.com/pricing).

      
### Vacancy cost

      
Enter the monthly value the role contributes and your estimate of weeks to hire on each route. The calculator adds monthly value ÷ 4.33 × weeks to each route’s total. Leave the value at 0 to exclude it.

## Frequently asked questions

### How much does a recruitment agency cost in the UAE?

Contingent agencies usually charge a percentage of the first-year fixed salary, and the percentage varies by role and agency. On an AED 15,000 monthly salary, a 15% fee is AED 27,000 per hire. Use the percentage in your own proposal.

### What is included in cost per hire?

External spend (advertising, agency fees, assessments) plus the internal time your team spends sifting, screening and scheduling. This calculator adds both, and optionally the cost of the weeks the seat stays empty.

### Is my data sent anywhere?

Calculations run in your browser. If you choose ‘Send me this result’, we email it to you and keep a copy to reply.

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Source: Nas Talent Resources Hub — https://www.nastalent.com/hub/tools/recruitment-cost-calculator
Publisher: Nas Talent (SOURCET MANAGEMENT CONSULTING CO. L.L.C), Dubai, UAE.