What an hour of labour returns
Wages + super$6,680
Paid labour hours214
Cost per labour hour$31.21
Sales per labour hour$100.84
Example Deputy paid hours and wage totals, matched to this sample week. Super is included once.
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Luna
Labour cost specialist
See how wages and super compare with your net sales.
What Luna helps with
- Track gross wages and super as a share of net sales.
- Compare staffing with the sales pattern.
- Review labour changes in the context of service and training.
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Labour
This week31.0%
Previous week32.0%
Compared with prior periodDown 1.0 percentage points
Weekly trajectory
Illustrative history28 Aug33.5%
4 Sept32.5%
11 Sept32.0%
18 Sept31.0%
Week commencing. Chart scale 30.0% to 34.5%. Same example venue, complete weeks and consistent cost basis.
Labour dollars are $535.04 higher. Their share is lower because sales grew faster. A lower percentage does not mean less cash spent.
Source Deputy examplePeriod 18 to 24 SeptemberIllustrative data, no live sync
What this number means
Labour cost is gross wages plus super, divided by net sales for matching dates. Include super once. Staffing decisions also need demand, service quality, training and the conditions that apply to your team.
Share of sales spent on labour · 31%
Gross wages + super$6,680
Net sales$21,580
Labour / net sales31.0%
Source: illustrative Square, Xero and Deputy data. AUD · net sales exclude GST.
Ask Luna
Demo conversationScripted replies in this preview. Memory changes will guide conversations in the production app.
More sales from the same labour spend.
The same $3 add-on in one in ten orders would move labour from 31.0% to 30.4%, if labour dollars stayed at $6,680. Confirm the team can handle the extra preparation and service.
Model a change with your own numbersMatch the roster to the rhythm.
Illustrative operational detail · Example week, 18 to 24 September
Review coverage around demand
Morning rushMatch coverage to the sales pattern8 to 9 am
Quieter afternoonCheck service, prep and close tasks2 to 3 pm
Use quiet periods for prep, training or breaks before assuming fewer people is the right answer.
Illustrative roster review, not a staffing instruction. Check actual demand, award conditions and your team's needs.
More detail from Luna
This week's wages and hours
week of 18 SeptWages + super
$6,680Sample
Your entry · Thu 24 Sept
Hours
214
Your entry · Thu 24 Sept
Dollars per hour
Labour cost an hour
$31.21Sample
Sales a labour hour
$100.84
Sales an open hour to cover the roster
$248.51
Sales an open hour, actual
$256.90
Your sales cover the roster you have.
Weekly wages plus super over hours. 84 open hours. Your 32% cap.
Public holidays
your 2.25xMonday 28 September is a public holiday. At your own 2.25x, a Monday roster of about $830 in wages is about $1,870. Your last public holiday Monday took about $3,900.
Holiday maths runs at your own multiplier, never a quoted statutory rate. Check your award.
Drafted for you
1A note to the teamDrafted Wed 23 Sept
Team, quick one from this week. Sunday was our biggest day in a month, $3,820 through the till, and the roster held at 31% of sales. That is the number that keeps this place healthy. Thank you. Same again next week, and the 2pm lull is the one to lift: a table check and a cake offer.
Signal never sends this. You do, if you want to.
Sample Every figure on this page is sample data, not a real venue.
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Where this number comes from
Weekly entryfills this numberConnected
Your weekly wages and hours, wages including super.
SquareNext
Square Labor: next. Base rates only, and it will say so.
DeputyLater
Deputy: when operators ask for it.