M&E Burden Calculator
Calculate the true cost of your M&E data collection in hours, dollars, and staff time
Tracked across the program (1-500)
Places where data is collected (1-500)
How Often Each Indicator Is Collected
To collect, record and check one (1-120)
People involved in each one (1-10)
Salary, benefits and overhead ($1-$500)
Result
Example, change any inputStaff Time for M&E Data
500
hours a year
Medium Burden
- Cost a Year
- $12,500
- Data Points a Year
- 2,000
- Cost per Indicator a Year
- $250
How It Works
- Data Point VolumeIndicators times how often each is collected times sites gives the data points your team handles each year.
- TimeEach data point takes staff time to collect, record and check; the calculator multiplies volume by that effort.
- CostHours become cost at your fully loaded staff rate, showing the real weight of the M&E system.
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