What inputs does the Team Salary Budget Calculator need?

It takes 2 inputs: totalBudget, roles. Outputs returned: perRoleSpend, totalPlannedSpend, utilisation.

Can I verify the Team Salary Budget Calculator with a worked example?

Yes. With budget = $500,000; roles = [{Eng, 2, $120k}, {Sales, 1, $100k}, {Marketing, 1, $90k}]. the tool returns planned = $430,000, utilisation = 86%.

Where does the Team Salary Budget Calculator get its benchmark data?

Reference data is sourced from: US BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) (as of 2024).

What can the Team Salary Budget Calculator not tell me?

Known limitations: Fully-loaded cost (tax, benefits, overhead) requires a separate multiplier — see the Employee Cost Calculator. Geography-specific pay is not modelled; the tool takes midpoint at face value.

Methodology: Team Salary Budget Calculator

1. Scope

Allocates a salary budget across roles with midpoint estimates and tracks budget utilisation. It does not benchmark role-level pay against market data — use BLS OEWS or Levels.fyi for that.

2. Inputs and outputs

Inputs

totalBudget number (currency/year)
roles array

Each: title, headcount, midpointSalary, rangePercent.

Outputs

perRoleSpend

midpoint × headcount.
totalPlannedSpend

sum of per-role spend.
utilisation

planned / budget.

Engine source: src/lib/team-salary-budget-calculator/engine.ts

3. Formula / scoring logic

per_role_spend = midpoint * headcount
total_planned  = sum(per_role_spend)
utilisation    = total_planned / total_budget

4. Assumptions

Midpoint salary is base salary only — bonuses and equity are not bundled.
Range percent (±10–30%) is bookkeeping, not an automatic budget buffer.

5. Data sources

US BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) as of 2024

6. Known limitations

Fully-loaded cost (tax, benefits, overhead) requires a separate multiplier — see the Employee Cost Calculator.
Geography-specific pay is not modelled; the tool takes midpoint at face value.

7. Reproducibility

Input
budget = $500,000; roles = [{Eng, 2, $120k}, {Sales, 1, $100k}, {Marketing, 1, $90k}].

Expected output
planned = $430,000, utilisation = 86%.

8. Change log

2026-04-24 methodology page first published.

Worked example

Run live against the same engine this site ships (/engines/team-salary-budget-calculator.js). The inputs and outputs below are recomputed on every build and independently re-verified in CI — they are never hand-authored.

Input

tool: team_salary_budget
total_budget: 500000
roles[0].title: Engineer
roles[0].salary_min: 80000
roles[0].salary_max: 120000
roles[0].count: 2

Output

roles[0].title: Engineer
roles[0].count: 2
roles[0].salaryMidpoint: 100000
roles[0].totalCost: 200000
roles[0].percentOfBudget: 40
totalAllocated: 200000
remainingBudget: 300000
utilizationPercent: 40

Frequently asked questions

What does the Team Salary Budget Calculator calculate?: Allocates a salary budget across roles with midpoint estimates and tracks budget utilisation. It does not benchmark role-level pay against market data — use BLS OEWS or Levels.fyi for that.
What inputs does the Team Salary Budget Calculator need?: It takes 2 inputs: totalBudget, roles. Outputs returned: perRoleSpend, totalPlannedSpend, utilisation.
What formula does the Team Salary Budget Calculator use?: The exact computation is: per_role_spend = midpoint * headcount; total_planned = sum(per_role_spend); utilisation = total_planned / total_budget
Can I verify the Team Salary Budget Calculator with a worked example?: Yes. With budget = $500,000; roles = [{Eng, 2, $120k}, {Sales, 1, $100k}, {Marketing, 1, $90k}]. the tool returns planned = $430,000, utilisation = 86%.
Where does the Team Salary Budget Calculator get its benchmark data?: Reference data is sourced from: US BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) (as of 2024).
What can the Team Salary Budget Calculator not tell me?: Known limitations: Fully-loaded cost (tax, benefits, overhead) requires a separate multiplier — see the Employee Cost Calculator. Geography-specific pay is not modelled; the tool takes midpoint at face value.