Staff Shift Cost Planner

Weekly labour cost is the sum of each role’s hourly rate × hours per day × days per week. Multiplying by average weeks per month gives a rough monthly payroll for scheduling conversations.

Comparing monthly labour to revenue produces labour cost percentage — a common checkpoint alongside food cost. General guidance: labour % varies widely by service style; fast casual often differs from fine dining.

Example: Two servers at 14/hour, 6 hours, 5 days → 420 each → 840/week. One cook at 18/hour, 8 hours, 5 days → 720/week. Weekly total 1,560; monthly ≈ 6,760. At 32,000 revenue, labour ≈ 21%.

Using contracted hours instead of actual clocked hours.

Omitting overtime multipliers (this tool uses straight rates only).

Comparing labour % to revenue from a week that had a private event bump.