Startup Cost Calculator
Add up team payroll, office, tools, and marketing into a monthly and first-year budget.
Inputs
people on payroll
$
average monthly salary per person
$
rent, desk, utilities
$
software and tooling subscriptions
$
ad spend and marketing costs
Results
Monthly total
$23,500.00
team + office + tools + marketing
First-year total
$282,000.00
monthly × 12
Payroll share
76.60%
what share of the budget is payroll
About this tool
Enter team size, average monthly salary, and monthly office, tooling, and marketing costs to see the full monthly burn and first-year cost.
How to use
- 1Enter your team size and the average monthly salary per person.
- 2Add the monthly office, tools, and marketing budgets.
- 3Read the highlighted monthly total and the first-year total (monthly × 12).
- 4Check the payroll share to see whether people or infrastructure dominates the budget.
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