The Pressure Institute

Financial and educational tool

Pressure Cost Calculator

Estimate direct employee turnover costs or program investment associated with participant attrition using your organization's own information.

Start with the costs you can reasonably identify. The calculator will distinguish between complete and partial estimates based on the information you provide.

“The number tells you what happened. It does not tell you why.”The Pressure Institute
Choose what you want to estimate

Calculation

Workforce information

Enter your organization’s workforce information below.

Use your average workforce size during the period if available. If you only know your current employee count, you may use that as an approximation.

Employee turnover
Direct cost categories

Include direct recruiting expenses such as advertising, screening, background checks, recruiting services, interview-related expenses, or other hiring costs your organization tracks.

Include orientation, initial training, training materials, required assessments, staff time, or other direct onboarding expenses included in your internal estimate.

Include costs your organization incurs while a position is vacant, such as overtime, temporary staffing, contractor support, shift coverage, or other direct coverage expenses.

Do not include estimated lost productivity unless your organization already measures that amount independently.

This calculator uses only the information you enter. It does not assign a financial value to pressure or determine why employees leave.

The estimate raises a different question: what changed?

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    Explore the early employee experience when turnover or onboarding is the concern.

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