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Temp Worker Cost Calculator for Ireland

A1RORates checked November 2026Free

Enter a pay rate and weekly hours to see what a temp or agency worker really costs per hour once holiday pay, employer PRSI and auto-enrolment are added. Add your charge rate to see the margin.

8% annual leave + about 4.35% for 10 public holidays. Change it if you accrue differently.
Add it to see your margin.
For workers aged 23–60 earning over €20,000 a year with no pension through your payroll.

What goes into the cost of a temp worker

The PRSI threshold catches people out

Because the higher PRSI rate applies to the whole week once pay goes over €552, a few extra hours can add more cost than the pay itself. A worker on €14.15 an hour for 39 hours earns €551.85 and stays on 9.15%. Add one hour of overtime and the whole week moves to 11.40%.

Coming changes

From 1 October 2027 employer PRSI rises again, to 11.55% and 9.30%, with the threshold moving to €600 a week. Auto-enrolment contributions step up to 3% from 2029. The calculator switches to new rates on the day they start.

Working this out every week for every worker? A1ROTime applies each client's pay rules, holiday accrual, employer PRSI and CWPS to every signed timesheet and shows the margin per client, per site and per worker.

Use it inside ChatGPT or Claude: add A1RO to your AI assistant and ask in plain words.

Every client's rules, every worker, every week.

A1ROTime turns signed timesheets into payroll figures and draft invoices, with the true margin on every worker. Built for Irish staffing agencies and multi-site employers.

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