{
  "id": 697127,
  "title": "Contract engineer vs. full-time hire: the real cost math",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/contract-engineer-vs-full-time-hire-the-real-cost-math",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T20:15:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/zephico/contract-engineer-vs-full-time-hire-the-real-cost-math-4pdm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When teams compare a contractor's monthly rate against a salary, the salary usually looks cheaper. That comparison is wrong on both sides, and since we place engineers on contract for a living, it's worth showing the honest version of the math — including the cases where hiring full-time is the right call. What a full-time senior engineer actually costs Take a senior engineer in the US or Western…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}