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Free contractor payments calculator

Contractor payment cost calculator

Estimate how much your current contractor payment workflow costs after staff time and transaction fees are included—not just the amount sent to contractors.

Your assumptions

Estimate

Monthly contractor payment volume$25,000.00
Payments per month50
Monthly admin + fee cost$233.33
Annual admin + fee cost$2,800.00
Operational cost per payment$4.67

This is an operational estimate. Actual bank, platform, payroll, tax, and staffing costs vary by business and payment method.

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How to interpret the estimate

The operational cost of contractor payments is the staff time required to prepare, approve, send, and reconcile each payment plus any per-transaction fees. This calculator converts those inputs into monthly and annual workflow cost.

Methodology

  1. Monthly payment count = active contractors × payments per contractor.
  2. Administrative cost = payment count × minutes per payment ÷ 60 × loaded hourly admin cost.
  3. Transaction cost = payment count × fee per payment.
  4. The estimate excludes contractor compensation itself from the operational-cost figure.

Useful for

  • Quantify spreadsheet and manual-ACH overhead before changing systems.
  • Estimate the cost of a growing contractor roster.
  • Compare process improvements using the same contractor volume assumptions.

Related resources

Contractor payment software →Spreadsheet alternative →Contractor payment tracker →
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