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Cost-Effective Staffing Solutions from Express Employment Professionals

It’s a common misconception that partnering with a staffing agency is too expensive. But the benefits of working with Express Employment Professionals to meet your staffing needs include saving valuable time and money. By using workforce solutions from Express, your business can expand its talent reach exponentially, while staying focused on company operations.

Cost benefits of partnering with Express:

Minimize expenses associated with training new hires

Minimize training expenses. We maintain an active and passive talent pool so we can effectively match skilled candidates to your open positions.

We take on every costly step of the recruiting process

We take on every costly step of the recruiting process, including evaluating candidates’ skills, verifying past employment, initial safety training, and more.

Saving your company valuable time by executing employee-management-related tasks

Express saves your company valuable time by executing employee-management-related tasks such as benefits and payroll.

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We mitigate risk by maintaining comprehensive insurance coverage for Express associates including workers' compensation, comprehensive general liability, and more.

How much does staffing cost? Pricing is set at the local level by Express offices.

How much does staffing cost?

Pricing is set at the local level by Express offices. For companies using Express’ services and staffing solutions, rates are determined by many factors, including:

  • Location
  • Job demand
  • Required experience and skills
  • Paygrade (hourly)
  • Unemployment and workers’ compensation insurance

In addition to workforce management, companies that team with Express build a relationship with their local employment experts. This relationship provides clients with:

Express supports businesses with flexible staffing solutions to save your company time and money.

Benefits of Using a Staffing Agency

Express supports businesses with flexible staffing solutions to save your company time and money.

Flexible Staffing Solutions

Express offers the option to build up your workforce when extra work and production require more employees.

  • Staffing solutions include Temporary/Contract Staffing, Evaluation Hire, Direct Hire, and Professional and Executive Search.
  • Temporary assignments allow companies to meet production needs during peak seasons or help during limited staff availability without skipping a beat.
  • Express bridges the gap between companies needing the flexibility of short- and long-term needs and workers who are looking for flexibility as well.

Save Time and Money

By employing a smaller group of core employees and using temporary workers to fill in to meet production demands, companies can maintain low overhead and minimize hiring/employment costs.

Between the time it takes to recruit, onboard, and train a new employee, hiring the wrong person could cost a company up to 150% of their annual salary. 


Frequently Asked Questions About Pricing for Staffing Solutions

  • How much does it cost to staff through Express Employment Professionals?

    The cost depends on your hiring needs, the type of role, and local market conditions, and pricing is typically structured as an hourly bill rate for temporary or evaluation‑hire employees. For temporary, contract and evaluation‑hire staffing, there are typically no upfront recruiting fees. You only pay for the hours worked under the agreed bill rate. For direct hire (full‑time placement) services, fee structures may differ and are determined by the local office based on role complexity, urgency, and market conditions.

  • What goes into the bill rate?

    The bill rate is made up of the associate’s hourly pay rate plus a markup to cover the payroll burden (FICA, FUTA/SUTA, Workers’ Comp) and the costs associated with our services in finding the right candidate for your role.

  • What does the markup include?

    The markup includes mandated labor costs, also known as the payroll burden. These include FICA, FUTA and SUTA taxes, as well as Workers’ Compensation rates. Additionally, the markup covers the overhead and operating costs to Express for recruiting, screening and onboarding qualified associates for your open roles.

  • What is the difference between the bill rate and the pay rate?

    The pay rate is the hourly wage our associate receives. The bill rate is the total amount you will pay Express, including the pay rate and the markup for our services and federally and state/province mandated labor costs.  

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