1 · Where do the hours go?
2 · How many people do this work?
Everyone who touches this task, including part-timers.
3 · Hours lost per person, per week?
Honest average. Most teams guess low.
4 · Average salary of those people?
Cost of this work / year
Hours reclaimable / year
Value of automating / year
Method: hours × people × 70% automation efficiency × hourly rate (salary ÷ 2,080) × 52 weeks. It's an estimate from your inputs, not a quote — the $2,500 Automation Audit verifies these numbers on your actual workflows and maps what to build first.