Free calculator for daycare owners

Can you afford to hire a new lead teacher?

Ratios often require a new teacher before a room fills. The cost starts at once. The tuition follows as the room enrolls.

Cash in the bank today$ Cash the business adds each month now$ Monthly cost of the new lead teacher, with taxes and benefits$ Months until the new lead teacher brings in revenuemonths Extra revenue per month after that$ Payroll per run today (for the safe line)$

Lowest cash, next 12 months

Cost before they pay off

wages paid before new revenue starts

Paid back by

month the hire covers its own cost

Month	Without the hire	With the hire

The starting numbers are an example for a daycare. Replace them with yours.

The worked example

Here a new lead teacher costs $4,800 a month and starts bringing in $7,500 a month after 2 months. The business pays $9,600 before the hire covers a dollar of it.

How to make the hire safer in a daycare

Open a new room when the waitlist can fill most of it.
Ask new families for a deposit or the first month in advance.
Time new rooms for the start of the school year, when demand is highest.

See every hire in your forecast

One Page CFO adds the hire to your 13-week forecast and shows the tightest week before you commit.

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