ROI CALCULATOR

Find the money your district
didn't know it was losing.

Input your numbers. See where the budget is bleeding. Take the data to your superintendent.

YOUR DISTRICT'S NUMBERS
SPED Providers25
5avg district: 20-30100
Average Hourly Rate$45/hr
$25/hravg: $45-55/hr$85/hr
Annual Turnover Rate25%
5%national avg: 25%50%
Due Process Complaints / Year2
0avg: 2-3 per district10
Outside Contractors3
0avg: 2-5 per district20

Contractor savings calculated at a conservative average bill rate of $120/hr across all disciplines. Based on California NPA billing rates. Actual rates range from $88–$190/hr depending on discipline and region. SLP avg: $129/hr, OT avg: $144/hr, School Psych avg: $130/hr, BCBA avg: $150/hr.

SPEDSCRIBE TIER
Tier projections vary by feature set. Schedule a demo for your team's specific ROI.
WHERE YOUR BUDGET IS BLEEDING
D
Documentation Time Lost
$495,000

25 staff x 10 hrs/wk x $45/hr x 44 wks

T
Staff Replacement Costs
$105,000

6 departures x $17,500 avg

L
Due Process / Litigation
$100,000

2 complaints x $50,000 per hearing

C
Contractor Premium Costs
$306,000

3 contractors x $85/hr x 1,200 hrs

Total Annual Budget Bleed$1,006,000
THE COST OF DOING NOTHING

These numbers aren't a projection. This is what your district is spending right now, every week, on problems that have a solution.

Every Week You Wait
$19,346
walks out the door
Hours Lost to Paperwork
11,000
hours per year, district-wide
Student Sessions Displaced
250
hours per week not with students

Every one of those 250 hours per week is time a provider spent typing instead of working with a student. That's not a budget line item. That's 250 kids per week who got less than they were promised.

WHAT SPEDSCRIBE RECOVERS
Documentation Time Recovered
$522,720

8 hrs/wk saved per provider · staff @$45/hr, contractors @$120/hr

Turnover Cost Reduction
$31,500

30% reduction via reduced burnout

Litigation Cost Reduction
$40,000

40% fewer compliance gaps

Contractor Dependency Reduction
$61,200

20% better retention fills positions

Total Annual Recovery$655,420
THE BOTTOM LINE
MONTHLY RECOVERY (ESSENTIALS)
(8 hrs × $45/hr × 4.33 × 25 staff) + (8 hrs × $120/hr × 4.33 × 3 contractors)
$51,440per month, district-wide
$617,285 annually
SPEDScribe Pricing
Customized per district
Total Annual Recovery
$655,420
Hours Reclaimed Per Week
200
Cumulative Recovery (5 Year)
$3,277,100
across all 25 providers, before tier-specific pricing
5-YEAR CUMULATIVE SAVINGS
$655,420
$1,310,840
$1,966,260
$2,621,680
$3,277,100
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
SEE YOUR TIER-SPECIFIC ROI

The numbers above show recovered value across your team.

To see your full ROI including SPEDScribe pricing, multi-year savings, and Founding Partner pilot rates, schedule a 15-minute demo.

TAKE THIS TO YOUR SUPERINTENDENT

Your team is counting on someone to find a better way.

You just did. These are your district's real numbers. The providers staying late tonight don't know this exists yet. You can change that.

SPEDScribe ROI Summary
Based on 25 providers at $45/hr
spedscribe.ai/roi
ANNUAL COST OF STATUS QUO
$1,006,000
ANNUAL SPEDScribe SAVINGS
$655,420
Monthly Recovery
$51,440
Hours/Week Reclaimed
200
5-Year Recovery
$3,277,100

The people on your team chose this work because they care about kids. They deserve tools that let them focus on exactly that.

METHODOLOGY

Documentation time based on ASHA (2024) and McGrew et al. (2023): SPED professionals spend up to 10+ hours/week on documentation. Replacement costs per RAND Corporation and Learning Policy Institute ($14K-$20K average). Due-process hearings per California OAH data and GAO analysis: $50,000–$200,000+ per case reaching hearing, including attorney fees, expert witnesses, and settlement exposure. Contractor premiums based on district contracting data from West Contra Costa USD and NYC DOE. SPEDScribe impact estimates are conservative projections based on voice-to-report technology reducing documentation time by 60%, with downstream effects on retention and compliance.

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