# Headcount & Payroll Schedule

Hiring plan by department driving FTE counts and fully-loaded payroll.

- Canonical: https://finamodel.com/schedules/headcount-payroll
- Group: Revenue & Operations
- Found in: 15 models
- Sheet-name variants: Headcount, Staffing, Hiring_Plan

## About this headcount and payroll schedule

A headcount and payroll schedule forecasts employees by department, role, hiring date, salary, benefits, bonus, taxes, and fully loaded cost. It turns staffing plans into P&L expense, cash flow, and operational capacity.

Use this free Excel headcount schedule preview to compare hiring plan, FTE rollforward, and payroll cost model layouts. It is useful for startup models, SaaS forecasts, agency models, FP&A budgets, and any business where people costs are a major driver.

## Source models

- [ev-charging](https://finamodel.com/templates/ev-charging-model) - sheet: Headcount
- [runway](https://finamodel.com/templates/runway-model) - sheet: Hiring_Plan
- [saas-mrr-arr](https://finamodel.com/templates/saas-mrr-arr-model) - sheet: Headcount
- [payroll-forecast](https://finamodel.com/templates/payroll-forecast) - sheet: Hiring_Plan
- [scenario-planning](https://finamodel.com/templates/scenario-planning) - sheet: Headcount
- [pre-seed-pitch](https://finamodel.com/templates/pre-seed-pitch-model) - sheet: Hiring_Plan
- [startup-financial-model](https://finamodel.com/templates/startup-financial-model) - sheet: Headcount
- [marketplace](https://finamodel.com/templates/marketplace-model) - sheet: Headcount
- [ride-hailing](https://finamodel.com/templates/ride-hailing-model) - sheet: Staffing
- [gaming](https://finamodel.com/templates/gaming-model) - sheet: Staffing
- [senior-living](https://finamodel.com/templates/senior-living-model) - sheet: Staffing
- [cro](https://finamodel.com/templates/cro-model) - sheet: Staffing
- [adtech](https://finamodel.com/templates/adtech-revenue-model) - sheet: Staffing
- [consulting-firm](https://finamodel.com/templates/consulting-firm) - sheet: Headcount
- [wealth-management](https://finamodel.com/templates/wealth-management) - sheet: Headcount

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