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After India GCC setup costs (legal entity, facility, recruiting), management overhead, and 18% attrition reserve.
Current loaded cost (US/EU)
$10,000,000
India GCC base loaded cost
$1,500,000
+ Setup (legal, facility, recruiting)
+$350,000
+ Management overhead (10%)
+$150,000
+ Attrition reserve (18%)
+$270,000
India GCC base loaded cost: $30,000/engineer/year. Composition: $18,000 base + 22% statutory benefits/PF + 8% allowances + facility/IT amortized at $3,200/dev/yr.
Setup costs: One-time year-1 charge for legal entity (LLP or Pvt Ltd), GST registration, payroll provider, recruiting agency fees, facility setup. Modeled at $250k base + $2k per planned headcount.
Management overhead: 10% of base loaded cost. Covers India site lead, EM/skip-level structure, US/India shadow program, and ongoing operations.
Attrition reserve: 18% of base loaded cost. India tech attrition averages 14–22% in 2026 across Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune. Reserve covers replacement recruiting, ramp-down/up productivity loss, and knowledge transfer slack.
"Eng + Data + ML" function mix: Adds ~12% to base loaded cost (premium for ML/data eng comp in India).
Tier multipliers on US/EU comp: Tier 1 US (SF, NYC, Seattle) = 1.0×. EU (London, Berlin, Zurich) = 0.85×. Tier 2 US (Austin, Boston) = 0.85×. Mid-market US = 0.7×.
All numbers are conservative midpoint estimates. Actual savings often exceed these by 10–25% once year-2 attrition reserves are tested against reality. We'll model your specific scenario in a CFO-ready format on a 30-min call.
We'll co-build the financial model in a 90-min working session — your specific salaries, locations, attrition assumptions. Outputs: NPV, payback, year-1/3/5 P&L impact.