A research-backed calculator that quantifies the real annual cost of workplace stress on your team. Takes 2 minutes.
$300B
Annual U.S. cost of workplace stress
82%
Of employees at risk of burnout in 2025
Sources: American Institute of Stress; The State of Workplace Burnout 2025
This tool provides estimates based on peer-reviewed research. Results are educational and should be evaluated alongside your specific business context.
STEP 1 OF 3
Your company
A few basics so we can run the numbers on your specific team.
Used to personalize your report.
If you're calculating for a specific team rather than the whole company.
Rough estimate is fine. Used for replacement costs (Gallup multipliers) and the manager time tax calculation.
Enter the number of people in each role. Hourly managers (e.g. shift leads) count as managers — the AJPM 2025 study tiers cost by role, not pay structure.
Frontline / individual contributors
Staff doing the work, no direct reports
Managers / team leads
Anyone with people reporting to them (salaried or hourly)
Executives / owners
C-suite, owners, VPs
Total: 0 people
STEP 2 OF 3
Stress signals
Tap the option closest to your reality. No judgment — just better data.
CHRONIC STRESS & BURNOUT INDICATORS
COGNITIVE
Brain fog
Trouble concentrating
Memory lapses
Decision fatigue
Racing thoughts
EMOTIONAL
Anxiety, edginess
Irritability, short fuse
Mood swings
Cynicism, detachment
"What's the point?" energy
Feeling overwhelmed
PHYSICAL
Chronic fatigue
Insomnia, poor sleep
Headaches, muscle tension
Digestive issues, bloating
Frequent illness
Dark circles under eyes
BEHAVIORAL
Withdrawal from team
People pleasing, can't say no
Missed deadlines
More sick days
Hypervigilance
Snapping at colleagues
Sources: Cleveland Clinic (2023); Mayo Clinic Proceedings (2022); PMC review on chronic stress and brain–body communication (2017); 28-Day Stress Reset clinical framework
Research note: managers underestimate team burnout by ~25%. The real number is likely higher than what you see.
% of team that leaves voluntarily each year. U.S. average is around 13%.
Time spent on conflict, complaints, performance issues — instead of strategic work.
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A detailed PDF with your numbers, methodology, and how to reduce stress costs in 90 days.
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Calculating your annual stress cost...
YOUR RESULTS
What is stress costing your team?
EVERY YEAR YOU LOSE
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Calculated using methodology from American Journal of Preventive Medicine (2025), Gallup, and Mercer 2025 Turnover Survey.
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PER MONTH
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PER WEEK
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RESEARCH RANGE FOR YOUR COMPANY SIZE
Companies your size typically lose $0 to $0 per year. You're in the middle of this range.
YOU
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Range reflects $4,000-$21,000 per-employee bounds from AJPM 2025 study, applied to your role mix.
Where it goes
Four cost buckets, each grounded in peer-reviewed research.
Burnout productivity loss
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Reduced effectiveness from disengaged, overextended, and burned-out employees.
Source: Cleare et al., AJPM 2025 — tiered cost model ($3,999 frontline / $10,824 manager / $20,683 exec)1
Excess turnover & replacement
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Cost of replacing employees who leave above the 10% healthy baseline.
Stress-driven sick days are already counted in the burnout productivity figure above (AJPM 2025 includes absenteeism in its $4K-$21K per-employee model). We don't double-count.
Source: Cleare et al., AJPM 2025 — methodology note3
Excess manager time on people problems
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Hours managers spend fixing conflict, complaints, and performance issues above the 2 hrs/wk baseline.
Calculated from your reported manager hours (delta above baseline) x manager hourly rate.
What's possible
Two scenarios. Same team. Different outcomes.
REDUCE STRESS BY 20%
A modest improvement from basic interventions
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CLIENT AVERAGE — 28-DAY STRESS RESET
REDUCE STRESS BY 40%
What my clients typically achieve in 28 days
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1. Cleare, S. et al. (2025). The Health and Economic Burden of Employee Burnout to U.S. Employers.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine. CUNY Graduate School of Public Health computational model showing burnout costs $3,999 per frontline employee, $4,257 per salaried, $10,824 per manager, $20,683 per executive annually. View study
2. Gallup (2024). State of the Global Workplace.
Replacement costs: 40% of annual salary for frontline workers, 80% for technical/mid-level roles, 200% for managers and leaders. View Gallup research
3. Absenteeism — included in AJPM 2025 figure
The AJPM 2025 study explicitly includes both presenteeism (89% of cost) and absenteeism in its $4,000-$21,000 per-employee bounds. We do not separately calculate absenteeism to avoid double-counting. Reference: CPH-NEW UMass Lowell
4. Mercer (2025). U.S. Turnover Survey.
Survey of 2,617 organizations establishing 13% as the U.S. voluntary turnover benchmark. Used as comparison baseline.
How your number was calculated
Burnout productivity loss = (% burned out) x (headcount by role x AJPM 2025 tier multiplier). This figure already includes presenteeism and absenteeism per AJPM methodology. Excess turnover = (turnover rate - 10% healthy baseline) x headcount by role x Gallup salary multiplier. Excess manager time = (reported hrs/wk above 2 hrs/wk baseline, capped at 12 hrs/wk delta) x 50 weeks x manager hourly rate. A sanity cap of $31,500/person ensures total costs stay within defensible bounds.