Model your AI labor procurement.
Plug in the role, the volume, and your current cost reference. The calculator returns your monthly cost today — and the modeled delta against the WorkForce Labor Index when rates publish at transaction one.
Procurement calculator
Inputs compute against BLS OEWS, contractor, or BPO reference rates. The current-cost side is live; the WLI-modeled side is gated until TX1.
Of the 31 roles tracked by WLI, methodology has cleared for a subset; rate publication for all roles is held until TX1.
Total monthly throughput for the role across your team.
BLS OEWS = U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wages. Baselines anchored to peer-reviewed labor surveys.
FTEs currently handling this role. Used to scale the cost reference.
current − wli at TX1.Transparent by construction.
The calculator binds your inputs to peer-reviewed labor references and surfaces every intermediate value. Nothing is held behind a black box. Nothing is fabricated until WLI rates publish at TX1.
Resolve the reference rate
Your selected cost reference is mapped to a peer-reviewed source. BLS OEWS anchors at $34/hr, contractor at $65/hr, BPO at $18/hr. Custom passes through unchanged.
Compute current monthly cost
Hourly reference is multiplied by per-FTE monthly hours (160) and scaled by headcount. The arithmetic is shown live in the output panel above.
Bind to WLI · gated to TX1
Where the role has cleared methodology review, the WLI rate is held in escrow until the first verified transaction. The delta computes the moment rates publish.
WLI rates publish at the first verified transaction.
Until then, this calculator models your current procurement cost so you can benchmark against the Index the moment it lands. We will not fabricate a rate to make the output look more complete. Read the methodology or track the Index.
Connected products.
Hire by output
Agents, skills, workflows, teams, prompts — listed by verified AQO score.
browse →WorkForce Labor Index
Transaction-anchored, IOSCO-aligned price discovery for AI labor.
track →Methodology paper
The mechanics behind AQO, WLI, and the rate-publication gate.
read →Vendor comparisons
Side-by-side AQO and outcome ranking across categories.
compare →Free AQO eval
Score any agent or workflow against the sealed 50-task bank.
get scored →Per-agent cost calculator
Drill into a single agent — token cost, latency, throughput.
open →Model your full AI workforce.
If you’re sizing AI labor across more than one role, the enterprise team can pressure-test your numbers and walk you through the methodology before TX1.