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Workforce Cost Calculator · For HR & Finance

What does AI displacement
actually cost your company?

Plug in your headcount, industry, and average salary. Get a five-year exposure model — the number you take to the CFO before someone else makes the decision for you.

Your inputs

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Headcount 500employees
Average salary $85k
Industry
Time horizon 5years
This is a directional model, not actuarial science. The math is published below. Treat the outputs as a starting point for the conversation with your CFO, not as gospel. For a real assessment of your specific roles and seniority bands, the 72-hour engagement is the answer.
Projected workforce displacement cost
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Over the next 5 years, based on your inputs.
Roles at high risk
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Roles likely to be displaced or restructured.
% of your workforce
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Roles in the high-risk band for your industry.
Severance cost
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Avg 4 months pay × roles displaced.
Replacement & ramp cost
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Hire, train, productivity gap.

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How the math works

The model, explained.
No black box.

Most workforce-risk vendors hide their model behind a "talk to sales" wall so the number you see can be tuned to whatever closes the deal. We publish ours. If you disagree with the assumptions, you can argue with us specifically — that's a feature.

Step 1 — Industry exposure rate

Each industry has a base "high-risk role" percentage. This is the share of total headcount sitting in roles that the Displacement Atlas scores 60+ (high or critical). It's derived from public layoff data, BLS occupational categories, and the role-mix research that informs the atlas.

Step 2 — Probability of actual displacement

"At-risk" doesn't mean "will be laid off." We discount by a probability factor reflecting the likelihood that a given high-risk role actually gets eliminated within your time horizon, vs. being absorbed, redefined, or upskilled in place. Default factor: 40% over 5 years. This is conservative — published forecasts range from 25% to 60% depending on which Goldman / WEF / McKinsey study you trust.

Step 3 — Cost per displaced role

A single displacement isn't just severance. It's:

Total all-in cost per displaced role: ~1.5× the annual salary. This matches the SHRM and BCG estimates within a reasonable band.

Step 4 — Time horizon scaling

The 5-year model assumes roughly linear distribution. A 1-year model captures only the displacement happening right now. A 10-year model captures the long arc but introduces compounding uncertainty. Pick the horizon you're being asked to plan for.

What the model does NOT include

If we modeled all of those, the headline number would be 2–3× larger. We left them out so you can argue with us about the ones that matter to your specific situation, not the ones that are easy to hand-wave.