# The dashboard Costs card

> In Weplanify, the dashboard Costs card gives the payroll's employer cost, the change from the previous period, what explains it and the cost of each site.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Dashboard
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/tableau-de-bord.couts?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/tableau-de-bord.couts.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

In Weplanify, the dashboard **Costs** card sums up what the period's salaries cost, for people with payroll access.

![The Costs card: employer cost, net, deductions, contributions, change from last month and breakdown by site](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Ftableau-de-bord%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fdb-couts-41dc1ecb.webp?alt=media&token=a18550df-9d3b-4acc-89bf-7d82e8e7e6ca)

## How to read it

- **Employer cost**: the total, split into the **Net** paid to employees, **Deductions** and employer **Contributions**.
- The change from the previous period, then **Where the gap comes from**: hires, departures and the change in other salaries.
- **By site**: the cost of each site and its change from the previous period.
- "forecast, payslips not closed": the figures will move until the [payroll closing](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cloture?lang=en).

## Good to know

- In month view, the card shows the current payroll once its payslips are computed, otherwise the last closed month. It also follows the quarter or year chosen at the top.
- **See costs** opens the [cost analysis](https://weplanify.io/docs/couts.analyse?lang=en), which adds day labourers and expenses.

## Related guides

- [Close the month, pay salaries and declare](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cloture?lang=en) — In Weplanify, closing locks the payroll month, publishes payslips to employees and prepares the next month; the step then helps you pay and declare.
- [Analyse costs by site, job or department](https://weplanify.io/docs/couts.analyse?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the cost analysis adds up the month's salaries, day labourers and expenses, then splits them by site, by job or by department, month by month.
- [The Weplanify dashboard](https://weplanify.io/docs/tableau-de-bord?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the dashboard sums up your activity: the period's figures, costs, items to handle, payroll progress and today's attendance at a glance.