IMCivil Design
How can sub-consulting save you money?
Oftentimes there is a misconceived notion that if we have too much work for our
current employees that the most economical solution is to hire more employees.
However, using a sub-consultant can reduce the overall costs tremendously for a
quite a few reasons. The following table compares the annual cost of using a
sub-consultant versus hiring a new employee.
Let's Illustrate the benefit
| Costs |
New Employee |
Sub-Consultant |
| Hourly Rate |
$20 |
$40 |
| Hiring Costs |
$20,376 [*] |
$0 |
| Overhead (software, hardware, office supplies, etc.) |
$10,000 |
$0 |
| Benefits(Insurance, 401K, Holidays, Vacation, Sick days, etc.) |
$18,720 [†] |
$0 |
| Total |
$90,696 [‡] |
$83,200 |
The annual savings for using a sub-consultant versus hiring a new employee is
close to $10,000!
This simple table does not take into account the fact that the sub-consultant
would be used to provide consulting support on an as-needed basis providing
additional savings.
Contact us about our Civil Design services now to begin saving
money!
[*] - Average based upon study done by
JDA Professional Services, Inc using an assumed yearly salary of $41,600.
[†] - Annual total based upon study done
by the
Idaho Transportation Board
[‡] - Based upon a total of 2,080 hours
worked for the year.