The calculator uses data from government agencies and "Trade Me Jobs" to tailor employment costs to your industry and the type of role you're looking at. You simply click on a couple of boxes to quickly estimate the fixed and discretionary costs of taking someone on.

You can find out what you're likely to pay straightaway and get a breakdown of costs like ACC levies, KiwiSaver contributions and fringe benefit tax. The calculator also shows you the cost of employing someone in the first year, and a monthly ballpark figure for your budget. You can try out different scenarios and email the results to yourself, or save them as a PDF or csv file.

Use the "employee cost calculator" here http://www.business.govt.nz/employeecostcalculator/