Tool
What is this job actually costing you?
Hours per week, people on it, loaded rate. The calculator returns an annual number. Bring that number to a demo if you want.
Inputs you already have
Optional preset: (May 2025). Use your loaded rate if you have it.
Annual cost of this bottleneck
$34,560
768 hours per year. Formula: hours/week × people × weeks × rate.
How this is calculated
Annual hours = hours per week × people × weeks per year. Annual cost = annual hours × loaded hourly rate. Default weeks is 48, not 52, because nobody runs that job every calendar week. Change it if you do.
The optional paralegal preset uses the BLS median wage of $62,890 (May 2025) divided by 2,080 hours (Bureau of Labor Statistics). That is a wage, not a loaded rate. Benefits and overhead are on you.
How to use the result
This is the status-quo tax on one recurring job. It is not ROI of a product. It is not a settlement number. If the job cannot be seen in the file, start read-first. If staff already finish it in a personal tab, that is shadow AI. The operating layer is a firm brain.
Embed this calculator
Paste this on your own page. Keep the FirmOps link. That is the attribution.
<iframe src="https://firmops.io/tools/bottleneck-cost/embed" title="Law firm bottleneck cost calculator" width="100%" height="560" loading="lazy" style="border:0"></iframe>
<p>Calculator by <a href="https://firmops.io/tools/bottleneck-cost">FirmOps</a></p>Related
Get the Managed Firm Brain Notes
Follow the practical path: live workflow builds, CRM-aware automation when the data is ready, and supervised work after approval.
Demo Context
What to watch for in the Managed Firm Brain walkthrough
Live-Lab Proof
How Conduit informs the first external deployments
Fit Criteria
API-ready systems, workflow scope, and approval gates