Plexus Know Your Worth / Monthly planning
AI work cost calculator.
Compare a workload’s human labor benchmark with the AI tools and human review you would allocate to it. Every assumption is editable.
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This role receives a share of its function’s example hours. Tools and review are allocated from the shared portfolio budget. Edit these assumptions for this role.
Set one monthly workload across the functions shown, then adjust your tool budget and review time.
Plexus Know Your Worth ↗Illustrative monthly plan. Hours, costs, and review value are planning assumptions you can change.
Benchmarks & calculation
May 2025 · United States · national. Same occupation benchmarks as Plexus Know Your Worth, verified October 18, 2026. Rates are editable occupation benchmarks, not quotes for a specific hire.
Human equivalent = hours × hourly value, plus your employer burden for the employee-wage basis. The freelance illustration already includes benefits and business expenses. Net difference = human equivalent − allocated AI/tool cost − review hours × review value. A blank cost stays unknown; enter zero explicitly when appropriate. Annualized savings repeat the monthly net difference for 12 months.
The Plexus freelance illustration assumes 1,200 billable hours per year, $15,000 for annual benefits, $20,000 for annual business expenses, and a 0% platform fee. These planning inputs are not a market quote.
Explore the Plexus Know Your Worth benchmarks ↗Published role-card scenario
Org chart plan totals.
Reference totals for the full illustrative role-card plan. These stay fixed when you edit the calculator above. Pilots are excluded; annualized savings are the monthly estimate × 12.
| Company | Estimated monthly savings | Annualized estimated savings |
|---|---|---|
| Talbot Technologies | $492.58 | $5,910.96 |
| Singularity Studios | No verified role estimate | |
| Theta Labs | $567.58 | $6,810.96 |
| Parallax Web Services | $1,061.92 | $12,743.04 |
| Unblurred Vision | $246.29 | $2,955.48 |
| Prepped | $589.92 | $7,079.04 |
| Fervent Wishes | $454.46 | $5,453.52 |
| Level Up Entertainment | $246.29 | $2,955.48 |
| Tryzantha | $301.24 | $3,614.88 |
| Full portfolio | $3,960.28 | $47,523.36 |
Plan totals sum the individually rounded role cards. The combined editable calculator may differ by a few cents. All amounts are modeled estimates, not actual cash savings.