What does this actually pay back?

A conservative estimate of the time and money an AI workflow — or a Lucid AI certificate — frees up, and how fast it pays for itself. Adjust the inputs to your own situation.

Your numbers

Hours per week on the target work — across everyone doing it

People doing this work

Loaded hourly cost — salary + overhead, per hour ($)

Share of those hours an automation absorbs 60%

Most well-scoped automations take over 40–70% of a repetitive task, with a human reviewing the rest.

Your return

Hours saved / week

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Hours saved / year

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Money saved / year

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These are planning estimates, deliberately conservative, not a guarantee of results. They assume you actually ship the workflow and keep a human-in-the-loop where it matters. Loaded cost means salary plus overhead (typically 1.25–1.4× base pay).