Barber Chair Rental vs Employ Calculator
Rent the chair to a barber or put one on wages: what each earns the shop, and the rent that actually covers the chair.
- What the chair earns the shop a week and a year with a renting barber and with an employed one, after its share of the running costs
- The lowest rent that covers the chair, the rent that matches an employee, and a fair middle, as a weekly or daily rent
- A plain-words check, using the 2026 gateway test, on whether a renting barber looks more like an employee
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Built by a working salon owner, for salon owners
| This chair's share of running costs, a week | $250 |
| Renter, after the chair's share, a year | -$1,725 |
| Shop keeps from the employee, a year | $28,017 |
| Rent that covers the chair, a week | $338 |
| Rent that matches an employee, a week | $958 |
| Rent that's fair to both, a week | $648 |
Try it: a rough guide, the calculator does the full sums.
Showing the sample: $29,742.
Every $10 a week more rent closes the gap by about $450 a year. The calculator also checks whether your renting barber really is a contractor.
Your numbers in. A decision out.
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It opens with sample numbers so you can see how it works. Type over them with yours.
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Green, amber or red against targets you can change, with what to do about it in plain English.
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Rent goes up, minimum wage moves, you hire. Open it and re-run. It's yours.
What you'll need
- Your shop's running costs a week, and how many chairs you have
- The rent you charge, or have in mind, weekly or daily
- Their weekly takings, only if you charge a share or run their card payments
- The pay rate and hours you'd offer an employed barber, and what they'd take a week
Good guesses are fine for a first run. You can tighten them later and the answer updates as you type.
New Zealand rules, already in
- GST at 15% worked in for you, with the $60,000 registration line
- This year's minimum wage, KiwiSaver, ACC and income tax, wherever the tool needs them
- Holiday pay, public holidays and sick leave counted in any wage it works out
- Card fees counted on what clients pay
When a rate changes, we update it once and every buyer gets it. See the rates we use.
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Regular price $99 Launch price until 30 November
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