A dedicated professional
Fully focused on your account, with English-fluency screening and role-specific evaluation behind every shortlist.
One predictable number. Up to 60% less.
Up to 60% savings compared with the fully loaded cost of a comparable U.S. hire. Model your own scenario below, with every assumption editable.
The Real Bill
You are not paying a salary. You are paying for eleven things.
Most owners price a hire at the salary. The salary is the smallest part of it.
01Base salary
The salary itself is only the starting point of the fully loaded cost.
02Employer payroll taxes
Your company pays the applicable employer payroll taxes when hiring directly.
03Health and other benefits
A direct hire also carries the cost and administration of employee benefits.
04Paid time off and holiday cover
The real bill includes paid time away and the coverage required while someone is away.
05Laptop and hardware
Equipment must be purchased, configured, maintained, and eventually replaced.
06Software seats
Required software, licenses, and systems access add to the annual cost.
07Office space and utilities
Workspace, furniture, utilities, and workplace resources sit outside salary.
08Recruiting and advertising
Recruiting fees, advertising expenses, and internal sourcing time all belong in the cost.
09Onboarding time from your existing team
Existing team members spend time preparing access, procedures, training, and readiness.
10Turnover and backfill
When someone leaves, temporary coverage, recruiting, and onboarding begin again.
11Management overhead
Supervision, coaching, performance management, and corrective action require leadership time.
Savings Calculator
See what you could save.
Most owners price a hire at the salary. Adjust every assumption below to your own numbers and see the full picture.
An estimate. Adjust it to your own laptop, software seats and desk costs.
You could save up to
$0
per year with Bota
Up to 60% less than a comparable U.S. hire
True annual cost (1 person)$0
Salary$0
Benefits, taxes and paid leave (43%)$0
Equipment, software and workspace$0
One predictable monthly service fee covers professional sourcing, engagement administration, payment coordination, applicable compliance support, equipment, workspace, and ongoing Bota engagement support. No deposit, no setup fee, no recruiting fee. We’ll give you your exact figure on the call.
Discuss your estimateHow this is calculated.
Salary is what you enter. Benefits, taxes and paid leave default to 43% of salary. That comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, March 2026, where benefits are 30.1% of total compensation for private industry workers, which is 43% on top of wages. Equipment, software and workspace are an estimate you can change. Your real figures will differ by role, state and industry. Adjust the inputs to match your own.
The Comparison
Hiring directly, compared with Bota.
A fully loaded U.S. hire carries far more than a salary. Here is what each path actually requires.
CategoryHiring DirectWith Bota
Recruiting costs× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
Recruiting fees, advertising expenses, and internal sourcing time are carried by your company.
With Bota
Bota sources, screens, and presents qualified professionals as part of the engagement.
Payroll taxes× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
Your company places the employee on payroll and pays the applicable employer payroll taxes.
With Bota
The client pays one agreed monthly engagement fee rather than adding the professional to its own payroll.
Benefits and time away× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
Your company funds and administers employee benefits, paid time off, and holidays.
With Bota
Bota administers its relationship with the professional, including any applicable compensation, time-away, and support arrangements.
Equipment× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
Your company purchases, configures, maintains, and replaces the employee’s equipment.
With Bota
Secure equipment is provided and maintained by Bota as part of the engagement.
Software× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
Your company provides all required software, licenses, and systems access.
With Bota
The client provides approved access to its required systems and any necessary licenses. The professional works within the systems the client already uses.
Workspace× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
Your company provides office space, utilities, furniture, and workplace resources.
With Bota
Workspace arrangements are coordinated by Bota as part of the engagement.
Administration× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
Your company handles payroll, employee records, benefits administration, policies, and employment compliance.
With Bota
Bota handles engagement administration and its relationship with the professional.
Onboarding× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
Your company manages employment onboarding, equipment, systems access, training, and readiness.
With Bota
Bota coordinates engagement preparation and launch. Your team provides systems access, procedures, and task-specific orientation.
Time to start× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
A local search and internal onboarding process can take weeks or months.
With Bota
Professionals typically begin providing services within 7 to 14 days following client approval.
Continuity× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
Turnover, temporary coverage, recruiting, and onboarding remain your company’s responsibility.
With Bota
Bota supports engagement continuity and works with the client to address service concerns.
Replacement support× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
If an employee leaves, your company begins and funds another recruiting process.
With Bota
If a change is needed, Bota coordinates replacement support without an additional recruiting fee, subject to the engagement terms.
Ongoing support× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
Your leaders are responsible for employee supervision, coaching, performance management, and corrective action.
With Bota
Bota provides regular check-ins, engagement support, and service-quality follow-through, while the client communicates business priorities and reviews completed work.
Total annual cost× Hiring direct✓ With Bota
Hiring Direct
The fully loaded cost includes salary, payroll taxes, benefits, paid leave, recruiting, equipment, software, workspace, and administration.
With Bota
One predictable monthly engagement fee. Clients may save up to 60% compared with the fully loaded cost of a comparable U.S. hire.
How the relationship works
Bota recruits, engages, supports, and administers each professional who provides services to a client. The professional works alongside the client’s existing team within an agreed scope of work and coordinates with designated client contacts. The client communicates its priorities, provides access to approved systems and procedures, reviews completed work, and retains responsibility for business decisions and final approvals.
Savings are illustrative and vary by role, market, scope, and client requirements. Every engagement is confirmed through a written proposal and scope of work.
What’s Included
Eleven line items. One invoice.
A Bota engagement replaces all of it with one predictable monthly investment per professional.
Candidate presentation & interviews
Candidate presentation and interview coordination, with the decision always yours.
Onboarding, equipment & security
Onboarding, company-controlled equipment, and security controls, provisioned before day one.
Engagement administration & compliance
Engagement administration and applicable compliance support coordinated by Bota.
Engagement & service-quality support
Regular check-ins, professional support, and engagement follow-through from Bota.
Replacement support
If an engagement does not work out, replacement support in accordance with the engagement terms.
Straight Answer
Why we don’t publish rates.
Because we would be guessing, and you would be planning around a guess. Bota does not run a fixed rate card: every engagement is priced as a single, all-in monthly rate per professional, scoped to the specific role, systems, and volume of work involved. We would rather give you a real number in a thirty-minute conversation than a headline you have to negotiate down from. The scoping conversation carries no obligation, and you keep the written scope either way.
FAQ
Questions we get asked.
What determines the price of a seat?
The work, the hours, and the seniority. Every engagement is scoped to the specific role, systems, and volume involved, so the number reflects your business, not a generic quote.
Are there setup, onboarding, or recruiting fees?
No. There are no setup, onboarding, or recruiting fees. Every engagement is a single all-in monthly rate, confirmed in a written scope of work.
What is included in the monthly investment?
A professional dedicated to supporting your engagement, candidate presentation and interview coordination, engagement preparation, equipment and security controls, engagement administration, regular check-ins and professional support, and replacement support in accordance with the engagement terms.
How real is the up-to-60% figure?
It is a typical savings range versus the fully loaded cost of a comparable U.S. hire, across accounting, administrative, and operational roles. Savings figures are illustrative estimates and vary by role, market, and scope; your figure is confirmed in a written scope of work.
Your Exact Number
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A scoping conversation takes less than thirty minutes, and the proposal that follows carries a defined scope and an all-in monthly rate.
