How Much Does an AI Employee Cost vs. a Human Hire? (Real Numbers)

When evaluating a hire, it's easy to look at hourly wages and ignore the 'hidden costs.' Let's compare an entry-level administrative hire with a comprehensive AI advisory team.

Human Hire: $20/hour for a part-time assistant (20 hours/week) costs ~$20,800/year. When you add taxes, benefits, training, management time, and office overhead, the cost usually jumps to $60,000+/year for a full strategy team.

AI Team: Our Professional plan provides six specialist AI advisors for $999/month, or $11,988/year. That is a 90%+ reduction in direct cost for the strategic and administrative tasks the AI is programmed to perform.

The ROI case: The goal of the AI hire isn't just to save $20,000. It's to generate revenue by capturing leads you were missing, SEO rankings you weren't hitting, and time you were wasting. If the AI team generates just $300 in extra profit per month, the system has effectively paid for itself.