Meeting cost calculator
What a meeting costs in salary time, per hour and per year if it recurs.
How it works
Multiplies attendees by their hourly cost and the meeting length, and extrapolates a recurring meeting across the year.
Hourly cost is not salary divided by working hours. Employer costs — payroll tax, pension, insurance, equipment, space — typically add 25 to 40% on top, so a fully loaded hourly rate is meaningfully higher than the naive figure. The tool applies an overhead multiplier and says so.
The recurring figure is the one that changes behaviour. A weekly hour with eight people is not an hour — it is over 400 person-hours a year, and at typical rates well into five figures. That framing is the point of the calculation.
This is a cost, not a verdict. Some expensive meetings are worth far more than they cost, and the alternative to a meeting is often a longer, slower thread. The number is there to make the trade visible, not to argue one way.
This tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent to a server, logged or stored, and the page keeps working with the network disconnected.
Common questions
- How do I calculate an hourly rate from a salary?
- Divide by about 1,800–2,000 working hours a year, then add 25–40% for employer overheads — payroll tax, pension, insurance, space and equipment.
- What does a weekly meeting cost annually?
- A one-hour weekly meeting with eight people consumes over 400 person-hours a year, which at typical rates runs well into five figures.
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Sources
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