¿Robot o humano?
Any other job (build your own)
A person doing the job vs A robot doing the job
Estimaciones modeladas por Whirrwork, no hechos. Metodología · Historial de aciertos
On these numbers the robot option is clearly cheaper.
Estados Unidos · USD · BLS OEWS May 2025 national medians by SOC occupation
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Resultados
| Opción | Al mes | Al año | Per unit (unit) | Inversión inicial | Plazo de recuperación | Break-even utilisation | 5-year NPV vs baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humano Person Referencia | 7705 US$ | 92.465 US$ | 3,50 US$ | — | — | — | — |
| Robot Buy Robots needed: 2 |
4684 US$ | 56.213 US$ | 2,13 US$ | 120.000 US$ | 23 meses | 29 % Utilisation 63 % |
170.382 US$ |
| Robot Lease Robots needed: 2 |
5382 US$ | 64.582 US$ | 2,45 US$ | 20.000 US$ | 7.5 meses | 37 % Utilisation 63 % |
135.899 US$ |
| Robot RaaS Robots needed: 2 |
5382 US$ | 64.582 US$ | 2,45 US$ | 20.000 US$ | 7.5 meses | 37 % Utilisation 63 % |
135.899 US$ |
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.
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. Estimaciones modeladas por Whirrwork, no hechos.
Año de cruce: ya
What the spreadsheet misses
- Seguridad
- Dull, dirty and dangerous tasks are where robots most often pay off beyond cost.
- Calidad
- Robots repeat; people adapt.
- Flexibilidad
- 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.
- Regulación
- Machinery, privacy and sector rules vary by country.
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- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026: wages and salaries 70.0% of private-industry compensation (series CMU2020000000000P) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2026-06
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