Safety & Workforce worked example

Turnover Cost Calculator at 92% cost capture rate: a worked example

Push cost capture rate up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when turnover cost in safety and workforce is being put through a safety and workforce weighted-cost review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Separations to replace: 100 units (unchanged)
  • Fully-loaded cost per hire: 45 $ / unit (unchanged)
  • Cost capture rate: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Fixed onboarding overhead: 250 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Weighted cost = quantity × rate × capture factor + fixed adjustment) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,390 $ for total turnover cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 43.9 $ / piece for turnover cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,140 $ for variable turnover cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 $ for fixed turnover cost adder.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where cost capture rate sits at 80% and the headline result is 3,850 $, this scenario comes in 14.03% above the baseline at 4,390 $.
  • It multiplies the number of separations by a fully-loaded cost per hire, scales that by a capture rate, and adds a fixed overhead to give total and per-hire turnover cost. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Total turnover cost: 4,390 $ (headline result)
  • Turnover cost per unit: 43.9 $ / piece
  • Variable turnover cost: 4,140 $
  • Fixed turnover cost adder: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Turnover Cost Calculator calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.