Talent Navigator
Cost calculator

Plan your remote team’s budget

Any role, tech or not. Set the salary budget and the kit, and see the total next to hiring at home. Send it to us and it becomes your hiring brief.

  • Engineering to finance, 22 roles
  • Any other job title, priced by AI
  • 166 currencies
1

Who you want to hire

Each salary starts at what the role typically pays in India. Move it to your budget: we only put forward people who fit it.

1 hire

Frontend, backend, full stack, mobile

$29,382₹28 LPA
Typical in India: ₹20 LPA to ₹38 LPASuggested
Per person, each month:salary $2,449+ our fee $999= $3,448
2

Equipment and software you provide

Buy it once or rent it monthly. Prices start at what companies typically pay in India, so change them to yours.

LaptopMacBook Pro 14″, M5, 16 GB · Typical price in India
27″ monitorTypical price in India
Headset, keyboard and mouse
Software and licences
Internet allowance
Coworking desk

Costs are per person. Payroll, local tax, statutory benefits, contracts and HR are already inside our flat fee, so there is nothing else to add for those.

Your team costs
$3,508a month

plus $1,783 one-time for equipment you buy

Compared with hiring inOfficial figures
With Talent Navigator
$3,508/mo
Hiring in the US
$18,548/mo
You save
$15,040a month
$180,484a year
What’s in the total
Salaries, 1 person
$2,449
Talent Navigator feePayroll, tax, benefits and HR in India
$999
Rentals, software, allowances
$60
Total a month
$3,508
One-time, equipment you buy
$1,783
  • People from our network who fit this team and budget
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How we work it out

Every number has a source

The total is what you would be invoiced: the salary you agree with the person, our flat fee, and the equipment you choose. The comparison uses government pay statistics, rounded so the saving is never larger than the data supports.

Salaries in India
Our suggested starting point for each of the 22 roles we list, by seniority, read from public 2026 salary guides. The salary you pay is the one you agree with the person.
Any other job title
Priced by AI (Claude) for the exact title you type, anchored on our own figures for the roles we list, and marked as an estimate. If the AI is unavailable, the title is priced like the closest role we list, and labelled that way.
Our fee
The same flat monthly fee as our pricing page, by seniority. It covers payroll, local tax, statutory benefits, contracts and HR in India.
Equipment
Typical India prices: Apple's list price for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, a Core i7 business laptop through authorised sellers, and what rental firms quote companies per month on 12 to 36 month terms. Set your own.
Hiring at home
Salary for the closest official occupation, with junior at the 25th percentile, mid at the median, senior at the 75th and lead at the 90th, plus the employer costs of that country.
Currencies
Live exchange rates, updated 29 October 2026. Calculations run in US dollars and are shown in the currency you pick.
Sources and employer costs by country+
  • United States: Health insurance, retirement, payroll taxes and other benefits, 29% on top of salary.
  • United Kingdom: Employer National Insurance and the minimum workplace pension.
  • Canada: Employer CPP, CPP2 and EI. Provincial payroll taxes not included.
  • Australia: Superannuation guarantee at 12%. State payroll tax not included.

US occupations used: Software developers (15-1252), Computer network architects (15-1241), Software QA analysts and testers (15-1253), Information security analysts (15-1212), Network and computer systems administrators (15-1244), Database architects (15-1243), Data scientists (15-2051), Project management specialists (13-1082), Management analysts (13-1111), Web and digital interface designers (15-1255), Graphic designers (27-1024), Film and video editors (27-4032), Market research analysts and marketing specialists (13-1161), Writers and authors (27-3043), Technical writers (27-3042), Sales representatives of services (41-3091), Customer service representatives (43-4051), Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants (43-6011), Human resources specialists (13-1071), Accountants and auditors (13-2011), Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks (43-3031). Other countries scale the US spread by their own software developer median, which understates local pay for most non-tech roles, so those savings err low. Recruiting fees, office space and paid leave cover are left out on both sides. Rates by Exchange Rate API