Employee Training Cost & LMS ROI Calculator

Understanding the true cost of training can be difficult. Participant time, training administration, instructors, travel, facilities, and materials can all contribute to the overall expense. Enter a few details about your current training program to see where those costs come from and explore how an LMS could affect them.

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Your Estimated Current Training Costs

Start by entering information about how your organization currently delivers and manages training.

Employees Receiving Training Annually

The approximate number of employees who complete training during a typical year.

Average Employee Hourly Labor Cost

Use an average hourly wage or estimated loaded labor cost for employees receiving training.

Average Training Hours Per Employee / Year

Estimate the total number of hours each employee spends completing training annually.

hours

Training Administration Hours / Month

Include time spent assigning training, scheduling, sending reminders, tracking completions, maintaining records, issuing certificates, and reporting.

hours

Average Administrator Hourly Labor Cost

The estimated hourly labor cost of the employee or employees responsible for training administration.

Annual Training Content / Instructor Costs

Optional. Include outside instructors, purchased course content, licensing, or similar annual expenses.

Annual Travel / Facility / Material Costs

Optional. Include travel, classroom or facility expenses, printed materials, supplies, and other costs associated with in-person training.

Other Annual Training Costs

Optional. Enter other recurring training expenses that are not represented above.

Your Current Training Costs

Estimated Annual Training Cost

Employee & Administration Hours

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Employee Training Labor

Training Administration

Direct Training Costs

Admin Hours / Year

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Explore an LMS Scenario

Adjust the assumptions below to explore how potential efficiency improvements could affect your training costs.

Training Administration Time Reduction

Estimate how much administrative time could potentially be reduced through automated assignments, reminders, tracking, certificates, records, and reporting.

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Travel / Facility / Material Cost Reduction

Estimate the portion of these expenses that could potentially be reduced if appropriate instructor-led or classroom training were delivered online.

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Employee Training Time Reduction

Estimate time that could potentially be recovered through reduced travel, waiting, scheduling overhead, classroom transitions, or group pacing. This does not imply reducing required instructional content.

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Estimated LMS Investment

Enter the estimated cost of the LMS you are considering. These values do not need to represent Axis LMS pricing.

Estimated Annual LMS Cost

Enter the expected recurring annual subscription or licensing cost.

Implementation / Setup Cost

Optional. Enter any one-time implementation, setup, onboarding, or migration cost.

Potential Financial Impact

Potential Annual Efficiency Savings

Potential Time Recovered

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Ongoing Annual Net Impact

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Administration Savings	$0
Travel / Facility / Material Savings	$0
Potential Annual Efficiency Savings	$0

Annual LMS Cost	$0
First-Year LMS Investment	$0
First-Year Net Impact	$0
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Estimated Ongoing ROI	—
Estimated Payback Period	—

Enter an estimated annual LMS cost to calculate ROI and payback.

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About these estimates: Current training costs are calculated from the information you provide. Efficiency and ROI scenarios are hypothetical and are not guaranteed results from implementing an LMS. Actual results depend on your organization, training requirements, processes, LMS implementation, and the amount of training that can appropriately be automated or delivered online.