Researchers calculated exactly how much employee burnout is costing companies per year—it’s staggering

A new study estimates that a worn-out worker’s lost productivity can add up to $21,000 per year.

Feeling burned out? It could be costing your company millions of dollars each year in lost productivity and employee turnover. A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine estimates that employee burnout in the U.S. costs somewhere between $4,000 and $21,000 per worker per year.