Spending Rate
See how fast you are spending relative to your budget allocation.
About Spending Rate
Comparing the share of budget spent against the share of time elapsed reveals whether you are ahead of or behind schedule. At 60 percent of a period you should have spent about 60 percent of the budget; a higher number signals overspending.
Formula
Spending Rate
Projected spend = spent / progress; compares pace against budget
- period progress
- How much of the budget period has elapsed
Worked example
With the default values below, Spending Rate returns Share of Budget Spent of 62.00%. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Budget allocated
- 1,000
- Spent so far
- 620
- Period progressaccepts 0–100 %
- 60 %
Results
- Share of Budget Spent
- 62.00%
- Projected Total Spend
- $1,033.33
- Pace
- Over budget at this pace
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Spending Rate
- 3Share of Budget Spent= 62.00
- 4Projected Total Spend= 1,033.33
- 5Pace= Over budget at this pace
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 Spending Rate calculated?
Projected spend = spent / progress; compares pace against budget Comparing the share of budget spent against the share of time elapsed reveals whether you are ahead of or behind schedule.
Why does Spending Rate matter?
At 60 percent of a period you should have spent about 60 percent of the budget; a higher number signals overspending.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Budget allocated, Spent so far, Period progress. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.