“To convert people into dollars, we used a standard proxy for daily productivity: $222 per worker per day, based on average U.S. earnings and output. For employees who show up hungover, we assume a 25% drop in productivity, consistent with research on alcohol-related presenteeism.
When you crunch the numbers, the result adds up quickly:
7.63 million absentees × $222 = $1.69 billion
4.92 million hungover workers × $55.50 in lost output = $0.27 billion
Together, that’s about $1.96 billion in lost productivity tied to Super Bowl Monday alone.”