What does a productive hour really cost you?
Salary divided by clocked hours hides the truth. Enter your numbers to see the real cost of an hour of productive work, and how much payroll goes to time that is not.
Your numbers
Gross pay before deductions.
The share of working time that turns into real output. Most teams sit near 60%.
Your real numbers
Real cost per productive hour
SAR 64.9/ hour
Total payroll divided by hours of actual productive work.
What you assume you pay
SAR 34.1 / hour
Payroll divided by all clocked hours.
The hidden gap
+90%higher than you think
Real productive hours
924hours / month
Paid for non-productive time
SAR 28,500per month
SAR 342,000per year
The share of payroll not spent on productive output.
How it is calculated
- 1
Net working hours
(Working hours per day minus break) times working days times employees. Break time is paid but not worked, so it is removed.
- 2
Real productive hours
Net working hours times your productivity estimate. This is the time that actually turns into output.
- 3
Real cost per productive hour
Total monthly payroll divided by real productive hours. This is the number salary-per-hour never shows you.
This is an estimate based on the productivity figure you enter. Wieeo measures it from real attendance and task data instead of a guess.
Why the productive hour is the number that matters
Two teams with the same payroll can have very different real costs. The one with clearer tasks, less idle time, and fewer interruptions gets more productive hours for the same money. That difference is invisible until you measure it.
- Salary-per-hour assumes every clocked hour is productive. None of them fully are.
- Knowing your real rate tells you whether to hire, fix the system, or both.
- Tracking it over time shows whether changes actually improved output.
Common questions
What is a good productivity percentage?+
Most teams land between 50% and 70% of working time turning into real output, once meetings, interruptions, context switching, and idle time are removed. If you have not measured it, 60% is a reasonable starting estimate.
Why not just use salary divided by hours?+
Because not every clocked hour produces output. Salary-per-hour makes labour look cheaper than it is and hides where money is lost. Cost per productive hour reflects what you actually pay for results.
Does this include more than salary?+
This version uses salary only, to keep it simple and clear. Real total cost also includes benefits, tools, and overhead, so your true number is usually higher than the result here.
How does Wieeo measure productive hours for real?+
Wieeo combines biometric attendance with task and output data, so productive hours come from what actually happened, not a manual estimate. The same calculation then runs automatically every month.
Stop guessing your productivity figure
Wieeo measures productive hours automatically from attendance and tasks, so this number is real, not an estimate, and you can watch it improve.