What is a five hour per week productivity uplift worth to your firm?

Methodology

How this calculator works.

Calculation

The calculator multiplies four inputs to produce three outputs.

• Inputs: Industry, employee count, fully-loaded hourly cost, hours saved per employee per week.
• Weekly value: Employees × Hourly cost × Hours saved per week.
• Monthly value: Weekly × 4.33.
• Annual value: Employees × Hourly cost × Hours saved per week × 50 working weeks.

Range and granularity

The employee slider accommodates everything from a small practice to an enterprise organization, from 1 employee up to 50,000. Granularity adjusts to match scale: single-employee precision through 150, then 50-employee snaps through 1,000, then 250-employee snaps through 50,000. You can also type an exact employee count in the number field next to the slider.

Data sources

• Hourly cost defaults. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics, May 2024. Defaults reflect typical fully-loaded hourly cost for representative roles within each industry vertical.
• Hours saved defaults. Recent studies on the productivity impact of generative AI in knowledge work cite a four to eight hour per employee per week range. We default to five hours as a defensible mid-point for early deployment.
• Working weeks. 50 working weeks per year, accounting for typical paid time off, sick leave, and holidays.

How to use the number

The estimated annual productivity opportunity is a sizing input for your board conversation. It tells you the upper bound of value at stake if your firm captures the cited productivity range across your full team. It is not a forecast and not a contractual commitment.

The real conversation is which two or three workflows in your firm capture the most of that value in the first 90 days. That is what a Fortify AI readiness assessment is designed to answer.

Industry defaults

Industry	Default employees	Default hourly cost
Healthcare	150	$52
Legal	75	$95
Financial Services	100	$68
Professional Services	50	$72
Real Estate	80	$48
Manufacturing	200	$42
Construction	60	$55
Nonprofit / Education	100	$38
Hospitality / Retail	250	$32

Estimated savings are based on assumed inputs and industry productivity research. Actual results vary by industry, deployment scope, and execution. This calculator is for illustrative purposes only and is not a forecast of actual results. Wage data sourced from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics, May 2024. Productivity assumptions sourced from recent studies on generative AI impact in knowledge work (four to eight hours per employee per week is the industry-cited range; this calculator defaults to five).

Healthcare-specific deployments are configured per HIPAA requirements and reviewed by your compliance team. Financial services deployments are configured per applicable regulations and reviewed by your compliance team.