Billable Hours & Realization Gap Calculator

See the dollar value of work you delivered but never billed, scored against the 90%-plus realization target and firms your size. Three inputs. Under a minute.

Why the Number Lands So Fast

Your gap appears the moment the inputs are complete, with no re-entry at each step. Dialog Driven Design structures the workflow as three distinct states - input collection, inline results, full scorecard - each with a defined handoff. You see a scorecard built directly from what you entered, ready to forward without reformatting.

68.9%

average billable utilization vs. the 75% target (SPI Research / Kantata)

11%

of billable hours written down before invoicing (HumanR 2026)

How it works

1

Enter your numbers

your realization gap appears as a dollar figure the moment you calculate.

2

See rate vs. target

your realization rate sits next to the 90%-plus benchmark, gap in dollars.

3

Pull the full scorecard

your metrics sit beside peer benchmarks, showing whether your gap is normal or a sign to act.

Behind the gap number

Where the leakage starts, what delay costs, and the research behind every figure.

Slow-payment cost

Know what late payment costs. DSO above 42 days carries an annual cost at 9% cost of capital.

Cited benchmarks

Back every figure with data. Your results sit beside research from HumanR, Forrester, Kantata, SPI Research, and ClearReceivables.

Root cause diagnostics

Know where revenue leakage starts. Write-downs account for ~11% of billable hours; scope creep drives ~62% of the gap.

Enter What You Have

Annual revenue or headcount and standard bill rate - either computes the realization gap.

Your Gap Has a Number.

Try Live Demo

Enter your realization rate and revenue as the Consultant role to see the gap computed inline, then step through to the full benchmark scorecard. This preview runs in demo mode - all workflow paths are available at once so you can move through InputCollection, ResultsDisplay, and BenchmarkScorecard freely. Sign up to run the Dialog with your firm's actual numbers, saved progress, and a scorecard ready to forward to partners.

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