Meeting Cost Calculator

See the real dollar cost of any meeting. Better meeting decisions start with knowing the price tag.

Meeting Cost Calculator

Enter the number of attendees, meeting duration, and average salary to calculate the true cost.

Number of attendees:

Meeting duration (minutes):

Average annual salary ($):

How it works

Meetings are expensive. This calculator shows you exactly how expensive.

The true cost of a meeting is not just the time. It is the sum of every attendee's hourly rate multiplied by the duration, plus the context-switching cost before and after. This calculator uses average salary data to estimate hourly rates, then shows you the real cost per meeting, per week, and per year.

Why this matters

If meetings cost money, you would have fewer of them

Studies estimate that organizations waste up to 15% of their time on ineffective meetings. When meetings are free, it is easy to schedule one. When you see the dollar cost in real time, the calculus changes. A one-hour meeting with 8 people earning $100K each costs over $400. Is that meeting worth $400? This tool makes that question impossible to ignore.