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Free check

Can I afford another stylist?

Three numbers. You get what they need to bring in each week to be worth hiring, with super (12%), workers comp, leave loading and paid leave counted, because that's what a wage really costs you.

Not sure what they'd bring in? Start with what a stylist at their level books in a normal week. The award Level 3 rate for a qualified stylist is $29.45 an hour. Nothing you type leaves this page.

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This is the quick version

Can I Afford to Hire? works out the whole thing.

  • The weeks while their book fills, and the cash you need on hand to carry them
  • Product, retail, your running costs and your state's public holidays, so you see what they really add
  • The week they pay for themselves, and what year one and year two look like
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General information, not financial or employment advice. Counts 4 weeks of annual leave with 17.5% leave loading and 13 public holidays, paid but not worked, for a full-timer. Personal leave and weekend penalty rates come on top. The 40% and 50% lines are our starting points, not an official standard.