Screening cost calculator

What your screening workflow

What your screening workflow

What your screening workflow

costs you.

costs you.

costs you.

Every phone screen comes with scheduling emails, reminders and updates to every candidate. Put in a year of hiring and see what it all costs your team.

Your hiring

Every open role, including backfills.

jobs

Applicants plus anyone you source. The 2025 average is 244 applicants (Greenhouse).

Most teams call 4 to 8%.

%

$52 is the median HR specialist wage plus benefits (BLS).

$/hr
What we assume
  • 40 minper phone screenA 30-minute call plus notes.
  • 30 minof back-and-forth per screened candidateScheduling, reminders, reschedules and follow-up.
  • 2 minof updates per candidateAcknowledgments, status replies and declines.
A year of screening and follow-up$26,234

in your team's time, every year.

Phone screens293 calls$10,157
Back-and-forth with screened candidates293 people$7,618
Updates to every candidate4,880 people$8,459
10.1hours every week
505hours a year
12.6full work weeks

TailorHire screens candidates and handles the back-and-forth, so your team only reviews the scored results.

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Starting numbers are industry averages: 244 applicants per job (Greenhouse, 2025), 6% of candidates phone screened, and $52 an hour (BLS median HR specialist wage plus benefits). Jobs per year is an example. The 30 minutes of back-and-forth is the low end of what recruiters report: in Yello's survey, two-thirds said scheduling a single interview takes 30 minutes to 2 hours. Screen length and update time are our conservative estimates. Weekly hours spread the year over 50 working weeks.