05/29/2026
$4,800. Just to make the hire.
That's the average it costs a US company to add one person to their headcount, before they earn a dime, learn the systems, or take a single client call. Source: SHRM's most recent benchmarking data.
The $4,800 covers job board fees, agency commissions, recruiter time, candidate travel, background checks, and onboarding admin. It's the entry fee for adding one role to your team.
For a 20-person team, that's nearly $100,000 a year spent on the act of hiring, not on the work itself.
A Prestige OSS team comes built. No agency fees, no recruiter overhead, no onboarding admin. Your first dollar goes toward output.
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