DeskDeploy · Desk Health

Free desk and remote-work tools that give you a real number

Four free, no-signup calculators for the hidden costs and payoffs of a desk job: the life-expectancy cost of sitting, whether a standing desk is worth it, your ideal ergonomic measurements, and your home-office tax deduction.

Most desk-health advice is generic. These tools give you a number for your day, then show you the lever that moves it most.
The Chair Tax
The peer-reviewed life-expectancy cost of sitting, in years and minutes per hour, with an exercise refund.
Example: sitting 9 hours a day = ~3 years, about 22 minutes of life per hour seated
Calculate your chair tax →
Standing Desk Health ROI
Whether a standing desk pays off for you, weighing the health benefit against the cost.
Enter your sitting hours and desk price for a payback verdict
Estimate the ROI →
Ergonomic Setup Score
Score your desk, chair, and monitor setup and get the specific fixes that matter.
Get your ergonomic score and a prioritized fix list
Score your setup →
Home-Office Tax Deduction
Your home-office deduction using both the simplified and regular methods, picking the larger.
Both methods computed; the bigger deduction wins
Calculate the deduction →

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Questions desk workers ask

How many years does sitting take off your life?
About 22 minutes per daily sitting hour after 25 in a life-table model; nine hours a day is modelled at roughly three years. The Chair Tax computes it and shows the exercise refund.
Is a standing desk worth it?
It depends on your usage and current sitting time. The Standing Desk ROI Estimator weighs the benefit against the cost for you.
How do I calculate my home-office tax deduction?
Simplified is $5 per square foot up to 300 sq ft; regular uses actual expenses times your office percentage. The calculator does both and picks the larger.
Health figures are peer-reviewed population estimates; tax figures use current IRS rules. Educational, not medical, financial, or tax advice. By Vincent Wesley Couey (ORCID 0009-0005-6869-308X), DeskDeploy, part of the Lattice research network. Also on the network: creator tools, prescription savings.