Where the money goes
Fully loaded employer cost of one administrator, one year.
Same coverage, bought as a service
Annual difference against the employer cost above. Highlighted row is the plan that fits the hours you set.
Plans include a named administrator plus senior and architect hours. Unused hours roll forward one month up to 25% of the block; work beyond the block is billed at $265 per hour or you move up a plan mid term.
Four skill sets, not one
An admin is not a developer, an architect or a compliance analyst. Every retainer includes senior and architect hours with no separate hire.
Coverage
PTO, sick days and notice periods are your risk with a head and ours with a retainer. One vacant quarter costs about $34,226 in lost capability.
Utilization
Most orgs under 100 users need 15-25 hours a month of real administration. You still pay a full head for the other hundred.
Continuity
Replacement runs 15-30% of first-year salary plus months of ramp, and org knowledge leaves with the person. Our handover is source-controlled metadata.
Book a mission briefManaged services scope
Defaults are public 2025-2026 US market data: $92,000 median for a Salesforce administrator, $135,000 for a US person with Government Cloud experience and a clearance or public trust, where posted federal ranges run $110k-$183k. Employer taxes are FICA 7.65%, FUTA and state unemployment, and workers' compensation at 0.7% of payroll. Equipment and licenses $2,400, certifications and training $2,500, HR and payroll administration $1,800. Productive hours are 2,080 paid less fifteen days of leave, eleven holidays and five sick days, times the on-platform share you set. Illustrative model for comparison; employer costs vary by state, plan design and family status, so confirm your own figures with your payroll provider.
