Do the math
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Everyone who touches schedules, billing, reports, or crew paperwork.
Copy-paste work, chasing statuses, reformatting reports. Be honest.
Wage plus benefits and overhead. Many operators enter $30 to $35 for admin roles.
Hours lost per year
1,248
Dollars per year
$39,936
That is
0.6 full-time equivalent doing nothing but repetitive admin.
4 staff × 6 hrs/wk × 52 wks = 1,248 hrs/yr
1,248 hrs × $32/hr = $39,936/yr
Conservative on purpose. It counts only repetitive admin, not the errors, the rework, or the turnover it causes. The real number is higher.
The calculator tells you how much. The Curse of the Curve checklist tells you where. Seven questions, two minutes, and you will know exactly which workflows to fix first.
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