Enter the total work hours of all employees (hrs/week) and the single full time employee work hours into the FTE Calculator. The calculator will evaluate the FTE. 

FTE Formula

The following two example problems outline the steps and information needed to calculate the FTE.

FTE = WHE / SE

Variables:

  • FTE is the FTE (full-time-equivalents)
  • WHE is the total work hours of all employees (hrs/week) 
  • SE is the single full time employee work hours 

To calculate the full-time-equivalents (FTE), divide the work hours of all employees by the single full-time employee work hours.

How to Calculate FTE?

The following steps outline how to calculate the FTE.

  1. First, determine the total work hours of all employees (hrs/week). 
  2. Next, determine the single full time employee work hours. 
  3. Next, gather the formula from above = FTE = WHE / SE.
  4. Finally, calculate the FTE.
  5. After inserting the variables and calculating the result, check your answer with the calculator above.

Example Problem : 

Use the following variables as an example problem to test your knowledge.

total work hours of all employees (hrs/week) = 500

single full time employee work hours = 40

FTE = WHE / SE = ?