AI Time Savings & Payback Calculator

See how many staff hours an AI-assisted task saves, what that is worth, and how long the setup takes to pay back.

Be honest: include reading the result, fixing it and handling the odd case it gets wrong.

Wage plus super, leave and overheads.

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Results

Staff hours saved a month: 60.0 h (39% of a full-time person)

Value of the time saved a month: $3,300

Net saving a month: $3,150

Pays for itself in: 1.0 months

First year, after setup: $34,800

Time saved only becomes money when it is used for something else. Measure a real week before and after rather than trusting the estimate.

How it works

Hours saved are the tasks a month x the minutes saved (now minus with AI, including checking), divided by 60. Their value is the hours x the hourly cost; the net saving takes off the AI running cost. Payback is the setup cost divided by the net saving a month.

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