Every second in a pointless meeting costs real money. Don't guess salaries, just pick an industry and see the truth.
See how much your team saves by shortening meetings.
*Based on a weekly recurring meeting with 5 attendees at $150,000 avg salary.
How meeting length impacts your team's cost.
5 attendees at $150,000 avg annual salary
$18,750 / year
Annual Cost Projections
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Insights
This meeting costs $361/hour in salary. Every unnecessary meeting is money that could fund productive work.
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The Meeting Burn Rate Calculator is designed to expose the hidden financial drain of excessive corporate meetings. In today's fast-paced business environment, "time is money" is more than just a cliché. When you gather multiple high-earning professionals in a room (or a Zoom call) without a clear agenda, the company bleeds capital by the second.
By calculating the collective hourly rate of all attendees based on industry averages, this tool provides a real-time visual of your meeting's actual cost. Use this dashboard to foster a culture of async communication, shorter syncs, and higher productivity. Start optimizing your team's opportunity cost today.
Calculate the real-time cost of your meetings based on attendee salaries and duration.
It calculates the real-time cost of any meeting by multiplying the number of attendees by their average hourly rate (annual salary ÷ 2,080 work hours). A live timer shows cost accumulating by the second. Choose from industry salary presets (Software Engineer, Executive, etc.) or enter a custom salary with PRO.
The Duration Optimizer shows savings from shortening meetings. Cutting a 60-minute weekly meeting to 30 minutes with 5 engineers ($150K avg) saves over $9,000/year. Consider async updates for status meetings, 25-minute default slots, and requiring agendas to justify the time investment.
The calculator multiplies each attendee's hourly rate by meeting duration. A 1-hour meeting with 8 people earning $75/hour costs $600, often more than teams realize.
Divide annual salary by 2,080 (working hours/year). For $100K salary, that's ~$48/hour. Add 30% for benefits and overhead for a fully loaded rate.
Set agendas, limit attendees to essential participants, use async updates for status meetings, and default to 25-minute meetings instead of 30.
