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Typing savings calculator: how much time faster typing gives back

Choose business or school and change the values to yours. The defaults are public figures and data from Kluppy students, with sources below.

Hours and dollars your company gets back when your team types faster.

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Per person per day

13.3 min

from 40 to 27 min of typing

Per person per year

52 h

$2,449 per person

Whole team, hours per year

522 h

≈ 65 8-hour workdays

Whole team, per year

$24,487

in labor cost freed up

Only time with fingers on the keys counts. It leaves out the gains from fewer errors, fewer corrections and less fatigue.

Where the numbers come from

Typing time = keystrokes per day ÷ keystrokes per minute. The saving is the difference between that time at the current speed and at the target speed. One word = 5 keystrokes.

Business

  • Cost per hour: $46.89

    Average employer cost per hour worked for private industry workers in the US, wages and benefits included, June 2026.

    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (June 2026)

  • Current speed: 40 WPM

    Typical for someone who never learned touch typing. In the largest published study (168,000 people) the average was 52 WPM, but people who volunteer for a typing test tend to type faster than average. Change it to your team's.

    Aalto University, Observations on Typing from 136 Million Keystrokes (2018)

  • Target speed: 60 WPM

    A fluent touch typist's level. It's a goal, not a guaranteed average: enter the one you want to reach.

  • How much they type: 5,000 to 15,000 keystrokes a day

    Kluppy's estimate by role, based on published office keystroke counts. Enter your own figure under Adjust assumptions.

  • Working days: 235

    A full-time year: 260 weekdays minus about 25 days of holidays and leave.

School

  • Current speed: 15 WPM

    On real text with capitals and punctuation: the median of our speed tests with elementary students starting Kluppy's after-school program in October 2026.

  • Target speed: 30 WPM

    The median real-text speed of Kluppy after-school students at the end of the year they reach the text stage (data from 2018 to 2026).

  • How much they type: 1,000 to 4,500 keystrokes a day

    About 200 words a day in Grade 3 and up to 900 in high school: Kluppy's estimate for a school working with laptops or Chromebooks.

  • School days: 180

    The most common state minimum for instructional days in the US.

    NCES, State Education Practices, Table 5.14

Frequently asked questions

Are these real figures?
The defaults come from public sources (BLS, typing-speed research and state education rules) and from Kluppy student data, all linked on this page. The result depends on what you enter: change the values to match your team or school.
Why does it only count typing time?
Because that's the only part faster typing shortens: deciding what to write takes just as long. That keeps the figure conservative, without adding the gains from fewer errors and less fatigue.
How long does it take to improve?
It depends on practice. In Kluppy's after-school program, with one class a week, students learn every letter without looking in their first year and then move on to real texts. Those already typing texts gain about 7 WPM per year on average.
How do I measure my team's or students' speed?
With Kluppy's free typing test: 1, 3 or 5 minutes, no sign-up. Inside the platform, the speed test keeps each person's first result so you can track progress.

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An estimate based on the values you enter. Not a promise of results.