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Procrastination Cost Calculator

Work out procrastination cost instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Procrastination Cost Calculator

Annual lost hours are the daily figure times working days, valued at your hourly rate and also expressed as 37.5 hour working weeks. Ninety minutes a day is ten working weeks a year, which is the framing that makes the cost of drift concrete rather than abstract.

Formula

Annual cost

cost = hours lost per day x working days x hourly value

Worked example

With the default values below, Procrastination Cost Calculator returns Annual cost of the lost time of $9,375.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Hours lost per working dayminimum 0.01 h
1.5 h
Value of an hour of your timeminimum 0.01
25
Working days per yearminimum 1
250

Results

Annual cost of the lost time
$9,375.00
Hours lost per year
375.0 h
Cost per month
$781.25
Equivalent working weeks lost
10.00

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Annual cost
  3. 3Annual cost of the lost time= 9,375.00
  4. 4Hours lost per year= 375.0 h
  5. 5Cost per month= 781.25
  6. 6Equivalent working weeks lost= 10.00

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or fees or charges into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the Procrastination Cost figure worked out?

cost = hours lost per day x working days x hourly value. Annual lost hours are the daily figure times working days, valued at your hourly rate and also expressed as 37.5 hour working weeks.

Why does this matter?

Ninety minutes a day is ten working weeks a year, which is the framing that makes the cost of drift concrete rather than abstract.

What do I need to enter?

Enter hours lost per working day, value of an hour of your time, working days per year. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.

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