LoadedCost is an independent publication of Ecomparadise, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company. It publishes free employer-cost calculators for all 50 US states and DC plus 107 countries: the fully loaded cost of an employee, take-home pay and side-by-side country comparisons, for founders, HR teams and finance leads budgeting an international hire. Every tool runs in your browser, needs no sign-up and shows how its answer was reached.
- Publisher
- Ecomparadise, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company. LoadedCost is its own brand; no investors or sponsors. Mailing address: Ecomparadise, LLC, 1061 Harrison Park Pl, Columbus, OH 43201, USA.
- Editor
- Alex (first name only, for privacy)
- What it publishes
- Free employer-cost calculators for all 50 US states and DC plus 107 countries: the fully loaded cost of an employee, take-home pay and side-by-side country comparisons.
- How it is funded
- Free to use. No ads and no affiliate links yet
- Contact
- syedzafarbuying@gmail.com. Reply within 3 business days.
- Last reviewed
Who publishes LoadedCost
LoadedCost is published by Ecomparadise, LLC, an independent Ohio limited liability company, and runs under its own name. It is not owned by a media group, bank, retailer or software company, and no advertiser or partner has a say in what it publishes. The site is edited by Alex, who chooses what to build, checks each tool against its sources and is responsible for every page. Alex uses a first name only for privacy and does not claim professional credentials; the trust you can place in a result comes from the cited sources and the worked checks on each page, which you can verify yourself.
What LoadedCost does
- Builds calculators on standard, published formulas and names the formula on the page.
- Uses data from primary sources only, each linked with the edition or date it covers.
- Shows a worked check on each tool so you can reproduce the answer by hand or in a spreadsheet.
- Keeps what you type on your device. There are no accounts and no analytics that record your inputs.
What LoadedCost does not do
- It is not an employer of record, payroll provider or tax adviser, and it is not affiliated with the OECD, PwC, the World Bank, Deel or Remote.
- Results are budgeting estimates. Confirm a real hire with a local payroll provider or adviser.
- It does not publish user ratings, testimonials, “as seen in” badges or claims of lab testing, and it does not have a staff of experts. It is one editor, using published sources and automated tests.
Data sources
- OECD: Taxing Wages 2026, comparative indicators (2024 and 2025 data) (published April 2026)
- PwC: Worldwide Tax Summaries, 69 non-OECD countries (each page’s review date)
- World Bank: WDI exchange rates (PA.NUS.FCRF) and PPP (PA.NUS.PPP) (2025)
- Deel and Remote: Public EOR and contractor list prices (checked Oct 23, 2026)
How LoadedCost makes money
LoadedCost is free and has no paywall, accounts or sign-up. It is funded in two ways, both disclosed on the disclosure page:
- Affiliate links: none today. No lender, provider or product pays to appear on this site. If that changes, the link will be labelled on the page and the disclosure page updated first.
- Advertising: none today. The site plans to apply for Google AdSense. Any ads will be labelled and kept apart from calculator results.
No advertiser, partner or affiliate can change a formula, a data value or a result, and none has asked to.
How we check our work
Every tool is tested before publication and reviewed on a schedule. Read the editorial policy and methodology for the full process, sources and review dates. Fixes are listed on the corrections log and other changes on the changelog.
Contact
LoadedCost is an independent publication of Ecomparadise, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company. Email syedzafarbuying@gmail.com or use the contact page. Replies within 3 business days; corrections are acknowledged and checked within the same window.