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Meeting Cost

Every meeting has a cost — the sum of all attendees' hourly compensation for the duration. A one-hour meeting with 12 people averaging $100,000/year costs approximately $600. Our meeting cost calculator makes this invisible cost visible in real time, encouraging leaner meetings, shorter agendas, and smaller attendee lists.

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Every meeting has a cost — the sum of all attendees' hourly compensation for the duration. A one-hour meeting with 12 people averaging $100,000/year costs approximately $600. Our meeting cost calculator makes this invisible cost visible in real time, encouraging leaner meetings, shorter agendas, and smaller attendee lists.

Comment l'utiliser

  1. Enter the number of attendees and their average annual salary (or blended hourly rate).
  2. Start the live timer to see the cost tick up in real time during the meeting.
  3. Or enter a planned meeting duration to see the cost upfront.
  4. View total cost including benefits overhead (typically 30–40% on top of salary).

Formule et méthodologie

Hourly cost per person = annual salary ÷ 2,080 hours × overhead multiplier (1.3–1.4). Meeting cost = hourly cost per person × number of attendees × duration (hours). Annual meeting cost = cost per meeting × frequency × 52. Industry benchmark: 15–35% of total compensation spent in meetings for knowledge workers.

Cas d'usage courants

  • Justifying a shorter meeting format or async alternative
  • Calculating ROI of a meeting: does the outcome justify the cost?
  • Leadership: auditing total organizational meeting spend
  • Agenda planning: cutting the last 15 minutes saves 25% of cost
  • Remote work: showing the financial case for async communication tools

Questions fréquentes

Estimated $37 billion per year in the US alone, according to various productivity research. The average employee spends 12 hours per week in meetings; managers and executives average 23 hours. Unnecessary meetings and poor meeting design (no agenda, wrong attendees, no decisions) account for roughly 50% of meeting time by most surveys. Making meeting cost visible is one of the most effective ways to reduce waste.
Jeff Bezos's "two-pizza rule": a meeting should be small enough that two pizzas can feed everyone (5–8 people). Research supports this: decision quality peaks at 5–8 attendees; above 8, social loafing increases and fewer people contribute meaningfully. For information sharing, async (Slack, email, recorded video) costs a fraction of live meetings and allows review at each person's optimal time.

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