Free Tool
How much time are you wasting
filling out job applications?
The average job seeker spends 11 hours a week on applications. Use this calculator to see what it's actually costing you.
Your numbers
20 apps
1100
30 min
5120
12 weeks
152
Your time cost
120
Hours spent
15
Workdays lost
$3,600
Salary value lost
Based on $30/hr average salary equivalent
Summary
120 hours
15 workdays · $3,600 in lost value
20 apps/week × 30 min × 12 weeks
The real cost
Here's what 120 hours of job applications actually looks like:
That's 232 months of Netflix you could have paid for instead
15 vacation days spent filling out forms
720 coffees worth of wasted time
You could have read 20 books cover to cover