About

Time is money, yet organizations often treat meeting hours as a free resource. This tool quantifies the financial drain of synchronized time, acting as a fiscal wake-up call for managers and teams. By inputting attendee salaries or hourly rates, you generate a real-time "burn rate" ticker. Accuracy here is vital; underestimating the cost of a 10-person executive sync can lead to significant invisible budget leaks over a fiscal quarter. This calculator helps justify asynchronous work policies or shorten agenda durations.

Formulas

The cost accumulation is calculated using a linear function of time and aggregate hourly compensation.

Ctotal = t∑i=1 {

R_i3600 × S if active

Reference Data

Attendee Level	Avg Hourly Rate ($)	Cost per 1 hr Mtg	Cost per 100 Mtgs
Junior Dev / Admin	40	40	4,000
Senior Manager	90	90	9,000
Director / VP	150	150	15,000
C-Suite Exec	300	300	30,000
Team of 5 (Mixed)	500 (Total)	500	50,000
All Hands (50 ppl)	2,500 (Total)	2,500	250,000

Frequently Asked Questions

Salaries are typically annual or hourly, but meetings burn capital continuously. Calculating per second provides the visual urgency required to keep agendas tight.

A standard heuristic is (Annual Salary) divided by 2,080 (40 hours x 52 weeks). Add 30% to account for benefits, taxes, and overhead for a "Fully Loaded" cost.

No. All calculations are performed client-side within the browser session. No salary data is transmitted to any server.

The burn rate represents the cost per minute or hour that the meeting consumes, regardless of productivity. It helps compare the meeting's value against tangible expenses.