Security Guard Staffing Cost Calculator

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Security Guard Staffing Cost Calculator

Estimate the total cost of staffing security guards for your facility, including wages, benefits, training, equipment, and administrative overhead.

Number of Security Guards

Hourly Wage per Guard ($)

Hours Worked per Guard per Week

Weeks per Year (Coverage)

Overtime Hours (% of Regular Hours)

Benefits Rate (% of Base Wages)

Annual Training Cost per Guard ($)

Annual Equipment Cost per Guard ($)

Administrative Overhead (% of Total Labor Cost)

Annual Turnover Rate (%)

Recruitment & Onboarding Cost per Hire ($)

Calculate Total Staffing Cost

function secCalc() { // --- Gather Inputs --- var numGuards = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sec-num-guards').value); var hourlyWage = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sec-hourly-wage').value); var hoursPerWeek = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sec-hours-per-week').value); var weeksPerYear = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sec-weeks-per-year').value); var overtimePct = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sec-overtime-pct').value); var benefitsPct = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sec-benefits-pct').value); var trainingCost = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sec-training-cost').value); var equipmentCost = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sec-equipment-cost').value); var adminPct = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sec-admin-overhead-pct').value); var turnoverRate = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sec-turnover-rate').value); var recruitmentCost = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sec-recruitment-cost').value);

var resultDiv = document.getElementById('sec-result');

// --- Validation --- var errors = []; if (isNaN(numGuards) || numGuards 168) errors.push("Hours per week must be between 1 and 168."); if (isNaN(weeksPerYear) || weeksPerYear 52) errors.push("Weeks per year must be between 1 and 52."); if (isNaN(overtimePct) || overtimePct 100) errors.push("Overtime percentage must be between 0 and 100."); if (isNaN(benefitsPct) || benefitsPct 100) errors.push("Benefits rate must be between 0 and 100."); if (isNaN(trainingCost) || trainingCost 100) errors.push("Administrative overhead must be between 0 and 100."); if (isNaN(turnoverRate) || turnoverRate 200) errors.push("Turnover rate must be between 0 and 200."); if (isNaN(recruitmentCost) || recruitmentCost 0) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = 'Please fix the following errors:' + errors.map(function(e){ return ''; }).join('') + ''; return; }

// --- Core Calculations ---

// 1. Regular base wages per guard per year // Regular Hours per Year = hoursPerWeek * weeksPerYear var regularHoursPerYear = hoursPerWeek * weeksPerYear;

// 2. Overtime hours per guard per year (overtime is a % of regular hours) // Overtime pay = 1.5x regular rate (FLSA standard) var overtimeHoursPerYear = regularHoursPerYear * (overtimePct / 100); var overtimeMultiplier = 1.5;

// 3. Annual base wage per guard (regular + overtime) // Base Wage = (regularHours * hourlyWage) + (overtimeHours * hourlyWage * 1.5) var regularWagePerGuard = regularHoursPerYear * hourlyWage; var overtimeWagePerGuard = overtimeHoursPerYear * hourlyWage * overtimeMultiplier; var totalWagePerGuard = regularWagePerGuard + overtimeWagePerGuard;

// 4. Benefits cost per guard // Benefits = totalWagePerGuard * (benefitsPct / 100) var benefitsCostPerGuard = totalWagePerGuard * (benefitsPct / 100);

// 5. Total labor cost per guard (wages + benefits) var laborCostPerGuard = totalWagePerGuard + benefitsCostPerGuard;

// 6. Total labor cost for all guards var totalLaborCost = laborCostPerGuard * numGuards;

// 7. Training and equipment costs for all guards var totalTrainingCost = trainingCost * numGuards; var totalEquipmentCost = equipmentCost * numGuards;

// 8. Administrative overhead applied to total labor cost // Admin Overhead = totalLaborCost * (adminPct / 100) var adminOverheadCost = totalLaborCost * (adminPct / 100);

// 9. Turnover cost // Annual Hires Due to Turnover = numGuards * (turnoverRate / 100) // Turnover Cost = annualHires * recruitmentCostPerHire var annualHiresDueToTurnover = numGuards * (turnoverRate / 100); var totalTurnoverCost = annualHiresDueToTurnover * recruitmentCost;

// 10. Grand Total Annual Staffing Cost // = totalLaborCost + totalTrainingCost + totalEquipmentCost // + adminOverheadCost + totalTurnoverCost var grandTotal = totalLaborCost + totalTrainingCost + totalEquipmentCost + adminOverheadCost + totalTurnoverCost;

// 11. Derived metrics var costPerGuardPerYear = grandTotal / numGuards; var costPerGuardPerHour = grandTotal / (numGuards * (regularHoursPerYear + overtimeHoursPerYear)); var totalHoursAllGuards = numGuards * (regularHoursPerYear + overtimeHoursPerYear);

// --- Format helpers --- function fmt(n) { return '$' + n.toFixed(2).replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ','); } function fmtN(n, dec) { dec = dec || 0; return n.toFixed(dec).replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ','); }

// --- Output --- resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = '### 📊 Security Guard Staffing Cost Results ' +

'' + 'Cost ComponentPer Guard / YearAll Guards / Year' + '' + 'Regular Wages' + fmt(regularWagePerGuard) + '' + fmt(regularWagePerGuard * numGuards) + '' + 'Overtime Wages (1.5x)' + fmt(overtimeWagePerGuard) + '' + fmt(overtimeWagePerGuard * numGuards) + '' + 'Benefits (' + benefitsPct.toFixed(1) + '% of wages)' + fmt(benefitsCostPerGuard) + '' + fmt(benefitsCostPerGuard * numGuards) + '' + 'Total Labor Cost' + fmt(laborCostPerGuard) + '' + fmt(totalLaborCost) + '' + 'Training' + fmt(trainingCost) + '' + fmt(totalTrainingCost) + '' + 'Equipment' + fmt(equipmentCost) + '' + fmt(totalEquipmentCost) + '' + 'Admin Overhead (' + adminPct.toFixed(1) + '% of labor)' + fmt(adminOverheadCost / numGuards) + '' + fmt(adminOverheadCost) + '' + 'Turnover & Recruitment' + fmt(totalTurnoverCost / numGuards) + '' + fmt(totalTurnoverCost) + '' + '' + '' + '💰 Grand Total' + fmt(costPerGuardPerYear) + '' + fmt(grandTotal) + '' + '' + '' +

'' + 'Total Annual Staffing Cost: ' + fmt(grandTotal) + '

' + 'Cost per Guard per Year: ' + fmt(costPerGuardPerYear) + '

' + 'Effective Cost per Hour Worked: ' + fmt(costPerGuardPerHour) + '

' + 'Total Hours Covered per Year: ' + fmtN(totalHoursAllGuards, 0) + ' hrs (' + fmtN(numGuards, 0) + ' guards × ' + fmtN(regularHoursPerYear + overtimeHoursPerYear, 1) + ' hrs/guard)

' + 'Annual Hires Due to Turnover: ' + fmtN(annualHiresDueToTurnover, 1) + ' hires/year

' + ''; }

#### Formulas Used

1. Regular Wages per Guard: Regular Hours/Year = Hours/Week × Weeks/Year Regular Wages = Regular Hours/Year × Hourly Wage

2. Overtime Wages per Guard (FLSA 1.5x rule): Overtime Hours/Year = Regular Hours/Year × (Overtime % ÷ 100) Overtime Wages = Overtime Hours/Year × Hourly Wage × 1.5

3. Total Wages per Guard: Total Wages = Regular Wages + Overtime Wages

4. Benefits Cost per Guard: Benefits = Total Wages × (Benefits Rate % ÷ 100)

5. Total Labor Cost (all guards): Labor Cost = (Total Wages + Benefits) × Number of Guards

6. Administrative Overhead: Admin Overhead = Total Labor Cost × (Admin % ÷ 100)

7. Turnover & Recruitment Cost: Annual Hires = Number of Guards × (Turnover Rate % ÷ 100) Turnover Cost = Annual Hires × Recruitment Cost per Hire

8. Grand Total Annual Staffing Cost: Grand Total = Total Labor Cost + (Training × Guards) + (Equipment × Guards) + Admin Overhead + Turnover Cost

9. Effective Cost per Hour: Cost/Hour = Grand Total ÷ (Number of Guards × Total Hours per Guard per Year)

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