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Roboter oder Mensch?

Any other job (build your own)

A person doing the job vs A robot doing the job

Modellschätzungen von Whirrwork, keine Fakten. Methodik · Trefferbilanz

Mensch · Pro Jahr92.465 $Person
Roboter · Pro Jahr56.213 $Buy
Amortisation23 Monate
Jahr der KostenwendebereitsBase-case year (earliest to latest across scenarios)

On these numbers the robot option is clearly cheaper.

Vereinigte Staaten · USD · BLS OEWS May 2025 national medians by SOC occupation

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Arbeitsmenge
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Units of work per day.

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Operating hours per day.

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Working days per month.

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Months per year.

Personal

BLS OEWS May 2025 national median hourly wage, SOC 00-0000.

Wages and salaries were 70.0% of total employer compensation cost for private industry workers in June 2026 (ECEC), so total cost = wage / 0.70.

Nominal 4.4% a year, 2015-2025 (ILOSTAT hourly earnings).

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Units per person-hour.

Roboter
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Robot units per hour relative to a person.

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Robot price. Replace with a quote.

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Lease per robot-month.

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RaaS per robot-month.

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Integration. In factories this is often 1-3x the robot price.

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Yearly maintenance share of price.

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Useful life in years.

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Availability.

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Work lost to faults.

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Work that stays human.

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Staff minutes per robot-hour.

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kWh per robot-hour.

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Electricity price per kWh (USD). Check your bill; energy is rarely a big line.

Finanzen
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Annual financing / discount rate. Nobody publishes yours; 8% is a round mid-2026 commercial borrowing guess.

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Years in the NPV comparison.

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Share of a human service price that is labour (rises with wages). Used to escalate and to adjust US service prices to other countries.

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Share of a robot service price that is labour (pilot, technician). The rest is equipment, which learning curves make cheaper.

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Share of a lease or RaaS fee that pays for hardware (learns down). The rest is service and support (moves with wages).

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Ergebnisse

OptionPro MonatPro JahrPer unit (unit)EinmalkostenAmortisationBreak-even utilisation5-year NPV vs baseline
Mensch Person Vergleichsbasis 7.705 $92.465 $3,50 $— — — —
Roboter Buy
Robots needed: 2
4.684 $56.213 $2,13 $120.000 $ 23 Monate 29 %
Utilisation 63 %
170.382 $
Roboter Lease
Robots needed: 2
5.382 $64.582 $2,45 $20.000 $ 7.5 Monate 37 %
Utilisation 63 %
135.899 $
Roboter RaaS
Robots needed: 2
5.382 $64.582 $2,45 $20.000 $ 7.5 Monate 37 %
Utilisation 63 %
135.899 $

What moves the answer most

Each bar shows the 5-year NPV of the best robot option when one input moves to the low or high end of its range, with the rest held at your values.

5-year NPV vs baseline: Buy5-year NPV vs baseline: BuyRobot purchase pricelow value: 25000 → 227.118 $high value: 100000 → 56.909 $Robot output vs a personlow value: 0.5 → 77.949 $high value: 2 → 244.967 $Hourly wagelow value: 19.608000000000004 → 109.473 $high value: 29.412 → 231.291 $Employer on-cost multiplierlow value: 1.2790000000000001 → 138.414 $high value: 1.579 → 202.350 $Integration and setuplow value: 5000 → 185.382 $high value: 60000 → 130.382 $Financing and discount ratelow value: 0.05 → 193.803 $high value: 0.12 → 142.737 $Wage growth per yearlow value: 0.0236 → 159.351 $high value: 0.0636 → 181.836 $Electricity price per kWhlow value: 0.08 → 170.705 $high value: 0.3 → 169.690 $170.382 $low valuehigh valueSource: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/generic/). Modelled estimate, not a fact.

Cost per unit to 2035

Real terms (today's money). Robot hardware follows Wright's law; wages follow each country's history. Shaded band: robots-slow to robots-fast scenarios. Modellschätzungen von Whirrwork, keine Fakten.

ChartPersonalkosten pro Einheit (Basis), Roboterkosten pro Einheit (Basis), Roboterkosten pro Einheit (Roboter: schneller Fortschritt), Roboterkosten pro Einheit (Roboter: langsamer Fortschritt). Source: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/generic/). Modelled estimate, not a fact.0,00 $1,00 $2,00 $3,00 $4,00 $2026202720282029203020312032203320342035USD / unitscenario rangePersonalkosten pro Einheit (Basis)Roboterkosten pro Einheit (Basis)Roboterkosten pro Einheit (Robote…Roboterkosten pro Einheit (Robote…Source: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/generic/). Modelled estimate, not a f…

Jahr der Kostenwende: bereits

What the spreadsheet misses

Sicherheit
Dull, dirty and dangerous tasks are where robots most often pay off beyond cost.
Qualität
Robots repeat; people adapt.
Flexibilität
The more the job changes week to week, the more a person is worth.
Edge cases
List the exceptions before you buy; they are usually the expensive part.
Customer experience
Ask customers, not vendors.
Jobs and redeployment
Plan redeployment and training first; it decides whether staff help or hinder.
Regulierung
Machinery, privacy and sector rules vary by country.

Siehe auch

Quellen auf dieser Seite

Hinweise und Quellen sind auf Englisch; maßgeblich ist die englische Fassung.

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