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Psychosocial Risk Cost Calculator

Understand the real cost of psychosocial risks — and what you can save
Quantify the hidden financial cost of psychosocial risks in your workplace
This calculator assesses the likely costs of psychosocial risks to your organisation. It is based on your employee and wage profiles, a self-assessment of your psychosocial risk maturity, and published industry benchmarks and research data.
1 Enter your company profile — employee count, total wages, and industry
2 Assess your psychosocial maturity level — how advanced is your current risk management?
3 Review your results — see projected costs over 3 years, broken down by category
Based on data from: Safe Work Australia WorkSafe Victoria iCare NSW Published Research
Step 1: Company Profile
Step 2: Your Results
Step 3: Save Report
Takes approximately 2 minutes

Company Profile

Total employees in your organisation (or business unit being assessed)
Total annual wages/salaries for the employees above (gross, including super). If unsure, multiply average salary by number of employees.
NSW iCare Workers' Compensation classifications. Start typing to search (e.g. 'accounting', 'construction', 'hospital')
How advanced is your organisation's psychosocial risk management?
Your maturity level reflects how advanced your organisation's psychosocial risk management is. This directly impacts your projected costs — organisations with lower maturity face higher costs due to reactive rather than preventative approaches.
View maturity level descriptions

Assumptions & Benchmark Data

These fields are pre-filled with published industry benchmarks. Override any value with your organisation's actual data for a more accurate calculation.

Industry average: 9%
Source: Psychosocial Claims Research →
Expected annual growth of psychosocial claims
Source: Psychosocial Claims Growth Analysis →
Annual increase in workers comp premiums
Source: iCare NSW 2025-26 Premium Rates →
% of staff with a claim per year
Source: Workers Compensation Annual Claims Report →
% of claims requiring backfilling
Source: Workers' Compensation Backfilling Report →
Days per claim requiring backfill
Source: Workers' Compensation Backfilling Report →
Average days absent due to psychosocial factors
Source: Psychosocial Sick Leave Research →
Presenteeism costs as a multiple of absenteeism
Source: WorkSafe VIC 2022 & Safe Work Australia 2016 →
Turnover attributed to psychosocial drivers
Source: Psychosocial Turnover Research →
Recruitment cost per hire
Source: AHRI — Cost of Hiring →
Months of reduced productivity for new starters
Source: Gallup — Onboarding & Ramp-Up Research →
Applied to turnover and backfilling projections
Source: ABS Wage Price Index →
Adjusts future savings to present value. Common rates: 8-10%. Leave off for simple totals.

SafeMinds ROI Calculator

Optional

See how investing in SafeMinds' psychosocial risk management platform could reduce your costs. The savings model assumes that SafeMinds adoption improves your organisation's psychosocial maturity by one level per year (e.g., Basic → Developing → Defined), reducing risk costs accordingly.

How are savings calculated?

Delayed Benefit (Insurance): Premium reductions typically take effect from Year 2, as insurers require demonstrated risk improvement before adjusting rates.

Immediate Benefit (All Other Costs): Reduced absenteeism, presenteeism, turnover, and backfilling begin in Year 1 as the platform enables earlier intervention.

Each year, the model assumes a one-step maturity improvement, which directly reduces the cost multiplier applied to each category.

Methodology & Sources

How costs are calculated:

  • Costs are calculated using your organisation's employee and wage data, adjusted for industry-specific workers' compensation rates and your psychosocial maturity level.
  • The maturity multiplier scales costs: organisations with Basic maturity face 30% higher costs than the Defined baseline, while Optimising organisations see 30% lower costs.
  • All costs are projected over 3 years with annual growth rates applied for wages, claims, and premiums.
  • Savings assume adoption of SafeMinds improves maturity by one level per year, with insurance premium reductions applying from Year 2 (delayed benefit) and all other improvements from Year 1 (immediate benefit).

Source documents:

Psychosocial Claims as Proportion of WC ClaimsView Report →
Psychosocial Claims Expected Annual Growth RateView Report →
Workers' Compensation Premium Growth RateView Report →
iCare NSW Workers' Comp Premium Rates 2025-26View Report →
Workers' Compensation Annual Claims RateView Report →
Workers' Compensation Backfilling Duration ReportView Report →
Psychosocial Sick Leave — Australian Enterprise MetricView Report →
Psychosocial Turnover ResearchView Report →
WorkSafe Victoria 2022 — Presenteeism & AbsenteeismView Report →
Safe Work Australia PSC Report 2016View Report →
SafeMinds, Better Work (SMBW) Maturity ModelView Report →