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What hiring
actually costs.
Salary, recruiter fee, your time, and the productivity lost while the role sits open. Indian SMB ranges from real 2025 data.
The moment Lucida saves you from
"₹14L sounded fine. Then I added the recruiter fee, my 40 hours, and three months of vacancy — and saw ₹6.8L more I hadn't budgeted."
Illustrative · why the real number matters
How the numbers are sourced
Salary ranges from AmbitionBox + Levels.fyi India + Naukri Salary aggregates, mid-2025. Recruiter fee at 8.33% industry-standard contingent. Founder hourly opportunity cost at ₹3,000/hr. Vacancy productivity loss at 60% of the role's monthly contribution. Treat as orders-of-magnitude — real hires vary.