HR Metrics

Personnel Cost Indicators

  • Remuneration (wages and salaries)
  • Additional personnel costs
  • Turnover
  • Average wage or salary
  • Training costs per employee
  • Absenteeism costs per employee

Workforce Indicators

  • Average number of employees per year
  • Structural data (e.g. nationality, contractual relationship, job description, age, gender, marital status, length of service, level, function, the quota of foreigners, the quota of women, the quota of fluctuation)
  • Absenteeism rate in % = total absenteeism x 100 / target working hours
  • Sickness rate in % (per period: month/year) = number of sick employees x 100 / headcount (per period)
  • sick leave time = sick leave time x 100 / target working time
  • overtime rate / overtime rate in % = overtime x 100 / target working time in hours
  • Personnel requirement coverage rate

Recruitment Indicators

  • Personnel requirement coverage rate in % = Covered requirement (number of jobs) x 100 / Planned requirement (number of jobs)
  • Rate of internal staffing
  • Retention rate in % = number of employees hired in one year and still available today x 100 / total number of employees hired in one year

Personnel Development Indicators

  • Number of training days per year per employee = total number of training days / average number of employees per year
  • Return on investment of a training project in % = (value/revenue of the project - costs) in euros x 100 / costs of the project in euros
  • Educational measures (e.g. leadership training, training courses)