Estimate the labor value of recurring productivity loss within a compensation band. Enter affected headcount, average productive hours lost per person each week, the number of weeks affected, and loaded hourly cost. The calculator returns total lost hours, annual full-time-equivalent capacity, and modeled labor cost. Use this for a specific condition—such as chronic vacancies, skill mismatch, or pay-related disruption—rather than treating all unproductive time as a compensation problem.
Lost hours = Affected employees × Weekly hours lost × Weeks
Labor value lost = Lost hours × Loaded hourly cost
The main result expresses documented productive time in labor-cost terms. The FTE equivalent helps workforce planners understand the scale of the capacity loss.
The calculation does not prove compensation caused the loss. Establish the operational mechanism and avoid adding separate estimates for the same hours.
For 60 employees losing 1.5 hours weekly for 52 weeks, loss totals 4,680 hours. At $42 per hour, modeled cost is $196,560, or about 2.66 productive FTE.
No. It values estimated productive time lost; employees may still perform other useful work during some of those hours.
Use workflow, vacancy coverage, rework, or time-allocation data where possible, and document the assumption.
It captures employer labor cost more fully than base hourly pay alone.
Yes. Enter the number of weeks during which the condition affects the band.
No. It is a scenario estimate and needs separate evidence about the cause.
| Variable | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Affected employees | Band employees exposed to the defined condition |
| Weekly hours lost | Average productive time lost per employee |
| Loaded hourly cost | Employer labor cost per hour |
| Productive FTE hours | Annual capacity used for the FTE comparison |