See the real dollar cost of a meeting based on who's in the room and how long it runs — and what it adds up to if it happens every week.
The cost of a single meeting is the number of attendees multiplied by their average hourly pay, multiplied by the meeting's duration in hours. It's a simple way to put a real dollar figure on time that's often treated as "free" just because no invoice gets sent.
If the meeting repeats weekly, the same cost is multiplied by 52 weeks to show the annual toll — a number that can make it much easier to judge whether a recurring meeting still earns its place on the calendar, or whether it could be shorter, less frequent, or replaced with a quick written update.
Estimate each attendee's approximate hourly rate (salary ÷ 2,080 hours is a common rough conversion) and average them, or just use a reasonable blended estimate for the group.
No — it only calculates the cost of the scheduled meeting time itself. Prep, notes, and follow-up work would add further hidden cost on top of this figure.
Making meeting cost visible often changes how organizations think about invites, agenda length, and whether a meeting was the right format for the goal in the first place.