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Adjust the options below to compare hiring with ReactSquad against a senior React developer in the US.

Your situation

Number of developers
1
Commitment
Currency
ReactSquad
Hiring with
ReactSquad
$14,722
per developer / month
Hourly rate$85/hour
Annual cost$176,664
You save $62K/year
1 developer
All expenses included. No recruitment fees.
US market
Hiring locally
in the US
$19,900
per developer / month
Effective hourly~$115/hr
Annual cost$238,800
Based on US salary benchmarks — salary, benefits, employer taxes, and amortized recruitment.
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A salary is not what a hire costs

The number that matters is total cost, not the headline salary. A US senior React developer's real cost includes benefits, payroll taxes, equipment, and recruiting — plus the months of salary you pay before they become productive. Our rate already includes all of it.

Criteria
Hiring from ReactSquad
Hiring Locally in the US
Rate
$85/hour, flat
Average of $115/hour*
Time to start
Matched in about 48 hours
Weeks to months of searching
Recruitment cost
Included
May cost 15–25% of first-year salary, typical
Benefits, payroll tax, equipment
Included in the rate
25–40% on top of salary
Contract and compliance
Handled by us
Your legal and HR overhead
If it is not working
Walk away in the first 14 days
Severance, lost ramp, re-hiring
Scaling down
With notice, no penalty
Carry the salary through slow periods

What you don’t pay for

No recruitment or placement fees. The matching is part of what you pay for in the hourly rate.
No benefits, payroll tax, or equipment costs on top of the rate.
No markup at month-end. The rate is the rate.
No risk on a wrong match. Zero-risk replacement guaranteed within the 14-day trial.

They ran the numbers. Then they called.

FAQs

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What is included in the $85/hour rate?

Are there any setup or recruitment fees?

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How does the 14-day trial work?

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Can I scale up or down?

Will language be a barrier?  

What time zones are your developers in, and will we overlap?  

Are your developers proficient with AI-assisted development tools like Cursor?  

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