Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing techniques for determining and using human capital metrics as measures of the economic value of persons to an organization. The financial state and performance of an organization can be characterized accordingly. One or more data resources storing data associated with one or more persons are accessed. A plurality of fields of the data are selected as cost data of the one or more persons, including direct expenses associated with the one or more persons and indirect expenses associated with the one or more persons. The selected data is retrieved from the one or more data resources. A human capital metric is calculated in accordance with the retrieved data, including summing the cost data to determine a total cost for the one or more persons. A report including the calculated human capital metric is generated and provided.