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Meeting Cost Calculator

Calculate the true cost of your meetings based on the number of attendees, their average salary, and meeting duration.

How many people are in the meeting?

Duration of the meeting in minutes

$

Average salary of an attendee

Period of the given salary

Select your preferred currency

What Is a Meeting Cost Calculator?

A meeting cost calculator is a free online tool designed to reveal the true financial impact of your business meetings. While meetings are essential for collaboration, they are often treated as "free" time. In reality, they carry a significant, quantifiable cost based on the cumulative salaries of all attendees.

By simply entering the number of participants, their average salary, and the meeting duration, this calculator instantly computes the total cost of the meeting. You can choose from various currencies including USD, EUR, GBP, and TRY, and provide the salary as an annual, monthly, or hourly figure.

Why You Should Track Meeting Costs

  • Boost Productivity: Recognizing the high cost of a routine catch-up can encourage teams to default to asynchronous communication like emails or Slack.
  • Reduce Meeting Bloat: When organizers see the financial value attached to an hour-long meeting with 10 people, they are more likely to invite only essential personnel.
  • Improve ROI: Time is money. Cutting down on unnecessary meetings frees up your team to do deep, focused work that directly drives revenue.

Our calculator handles all the math automatically, converting annual and monthly salaries to a standard hourly rate before multiplying it by the total person-hours consumed. Most importantly, all calculations are performed entirely in your browser—meaning your sensitive salary data remains 100% private and is never sent to a server.

How to Calculate Meeting Costs

  1. Enter the Number of Attendees

    Specify how many people will be participating in the meeting.

  2. Set the Meeting Duration

    Enter the planned or actual duration of the meeting in minutes.

  3. Enter the Average Salary

    Provide an estimated average salary for the attendees and select the salary period (annually, monthly, or hourly).

  4. Click Calculate

    Instantly view the total meeting cost, average hourly rate, and total person-hours.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the meeting cost calculated?

The calculator estimates the cost by converting the average salary of attendees into an hourly rate. It then multiplies this rate by the number of attendees and the duration of the meeting.

What formula is used to calculate the cost?

The basic formula is: (Average Hourly Rate) × (Number of Attendees) × (Meeting Duration in Hours). If you enter an annual or monthly salary, it automatically converts it to an hourly rate (assuming standard full-time hours).

Why should I track meeting costs?

Meetings are often hidden expenses in a company. By tracking their true financial cost, organizations can evaluate whether a meeting is truly necessary, which often leads to shorter, more efficient, and fewer meetings.

Does this calculator store my salary data?

No. All calculations are performed entirely in your browser. No data is sent to any server, ensuring complete privacy and security for your financial information.

How many working hours are assumed per year?

For the annual salary conversion, we assume a standard full-time schedule of 40 hours per week for 52 weeks, which equals 2,080 hours per year. For monthly salaries, we use approximately 173.33 hours per month.