Meeting Cost
Calculator
Results
- Meeting cost
- 660
- Person-hours
- 12
- Cost per minute
- 7.333333
- Duration in hours
- 1.5
Time and date results
| Meeting cost | 660 |
| Person-hours | 12 |
| Cost per minute | 7.333333 |
| Duration in hours | 1.5 |
formula-map diagram
- Meeting cost
- 660
- Person-hours
- 12
- Cost per minute
- 7.333333
- Duration in hours
- 1.5
Time relationship
Formula
cost = attendees × hourly rate × (minutes ÷ 60)= 660
Note
This is a simplified model: it uses fixed conversions (60 minutes per hour, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year) and ignores leap years, daylight saving changes, public holidays and irregular month lengths. Check the result against a real calendar before relying on it.
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How is the cost of a meeting calculated?+
The calculator multiplies each attendee's hourly pay rate by the meeting's duration in hours, then sums these amounts across all attendees to get the total cost.
How do I estimate hourly rate for salaried employees?+
Divide their annual salary by the total working hours in a year (commonly around 2,080 hours for a standard 40-hour week), which gives an approximate hourly rate suitable for this kind of cost estimate.
Does the calculation include overhead costs like benefits?+
A basic version uses just salary, but a more complete estimate should load in the cost of benefits, payroll taxes, and overhead, which commonly add 25-40% on top of base salary to reflect true employee cost.
Why is meeting cost often surprisingly high?+
Costs scale with both the number of attendees and the duration, so a one-hour meeting with ten mid-to-senior employees can easily cost hundreds of dollars once each person's loaded hourly rate is totaled.
How can this number be used practically?+
It's often used to make the true cost of recurring meetings visible, helping teams decide whether a meeting could be shorter, have fewer attendees, or be replaced by an asynchronous update.