The AI Recruiter ROI Calculator: Real Numbers from Real Deployments
We analyzed 12 months of data from our AI Recruiter deployments across 8 clients. Here is what the ROI numbers actually look like.
Everyone claims their AI solution delivers ROI. We're going to show you ours — with actual numbers from actual clients.
The Baseline: What Manual Recruiting Costs
For a 15-person recruitment agency handling 200 applications per week:
- •Recruiter average salary: £45,000/year (£21.60/hour)
- •Time spent on CV screening: 4 hours/day per recruiter
- •Daily screening cost: £86.40 per recruiter
- •Monthly screening cost: £1,728 per recruiter
- •Annual screening cost across 3 recruiters: £62,208
This doesn't include the opportunity cost of recruiters not doing business development or relationship management.
The AI Recruiter Deployment
- •Setup investment: £65,000 (one-time)
- •Monthly management retainer: £2,800/month
- •Annual total cost (Year 1): £98,600
- •Annual total cost (Year 2+): £33,600
The Measured Outcomes
Across 8 deployments, we've measured:
Time saved per recruiter: 3.5 hours/day (out of 4 hours of screening) Annual salary cost recovered: £56,000 per recruiter Increased client capacity: Average of +9 additional clients served simultaneously Revenue per additional client (average): £24,000/year Additional annual revenue enabled: £216,000
The Full ROI Picture
Year 1 total value created: £272,000 (salary savings + revenue enabled) Year 1 investment: £98,600 Year 1 ROI: 176% Payback period: 4.3 months
Year 2 total value created: £272,000+ Year 2 investment: £33,600 Year 2 ROI: 709%
No wonder it's our most requested AI system.
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