Vacancy Cost Calculator
Translate open positions into the financial language your city manager, county administrator, and finance director use.
Budget Briefing Tool
What Are Your Vacancies Actually Costing?
Enter your agency’s numbers. Every assumption is shown, nothing is hidden, and the result prints as a one-page briefing for your city manager or finance director.

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Your Vacancy Cost Briefing
Annual cost of current vacancies (overtime)—
Monthly cost of current vacancies (overtime)—
Total overtime hours per week due to vacancies—
Estimated cost to fill all vacancies with Safeguard—
Estimated first-year savings of partnering with Safeguard—
Assumptions shown on the printout
- Enter your numbers and click Build My Briefing.
Vacancy costs use the figures you enter. Recruiting costs based on previous clients and assumes that the entire recruiting system is implemented. Overtime is only one cost of understaffing; training backlog, attrition, and response coverage are not included.
Review these numbers with the Safeguard team
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Web: safeguardrecruiting.com | Prepared with the Safeguard Recruiting Vacancy Cost Calculator
Book a strategy call: safeguardrecruiting.com/request-demo/
Contact us: safeguardrecruiting.com/contact/
Web: safeguardrecruiting.com | Prepared with the Safeguard Recruiting Vacancy Cost Calculator