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Compare a full-time drafter and a full-time documentation specialist with the same assumed productive hours purchased from CDX.

What the model includes—and what you should add.

Salary figures and $5,000 overhead are editable planning assumptions, not salary survey findings. The 1,600-hour default is an assumed productive capacity per role; salary already covers paid leave, so leave is not added again as a separate cost. Both options use the same assumed productive hours, but actual productivity and scope may differ.

The employee calculation adds 12% superannuation, consistent with the ATO super guarantee rate. It excludes recruitment, payroll tax, workers compensation and other location-specific costs. The CDX figure excludes GST, client review time, special software, site work and separately quoted extras. It assumes all hours qualify for the selected starting rate; your quote may differ.

Why the rate can be low while the work stays disciplined.

An offshore production team does the work, with Australian management coordinating scope, priorities and review. Direct partnership arrangements remove intermediary margins. Quality comes from approved inputs, capable people, representative samples and checked outputs—not the hourly price alone.

Outsourcing gives you variable capacity and fewer fixed staffing commitments. An in-house team can offer immediate site access, deep business context and broader responsibilities. Use this model to inform a scoped comparison, not as a guaranteed saving or a claim that the roles are interchangeable.