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AI Employee vs Hiring a Person

Compare the same seat two ways: a fully loaded hire, and an AI employee you build once and review every week.

A hire costs more than a salary, and an AI employee costs more than a subscription. This compares the two properly: payroll burden, recruiting, ramp time, the odds of turnover, your management time on both sides, and the review time an AI employee needs to stay reliable. Numbers are pre-filled with typical values, so change only what you know.

Hiring a person

The seat today, fully loaded.

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An AI employee

Built once, reviewed every week.

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An AI employee costs less in this seat

$77,763 saved per year

Once it is built, the AI employee runs about $14,100 a year against $91,863 for the seat with a person. Year one is $18,450 including the build.

Fully loaded hire

$91,863

Payroll, tools, ramp, turnover risk, and your management time

AI employee, year one

$18,450

Build time, subscriptions, and closer review while it learns

AI employee, ongoing

$14,100

Subscriptions plus weekly review time

Payback on the build

0.7 months

Build and ramp cost of $NaN recovered from the monthly difference

Hours you get back

26 hours a year

Your management time on the seat drops from 2 to 1.5 hours a week

Where the hire number comes from

  • Salary plus employer costs$67,100
  • Tools and equipment$1,200
  • Ramp time$3,173
  • Turnover risk, weighted$4,790
  • Your management time$15,600

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