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How Is My Energy Score Calculated?

Last updated on July 3, 2026

Your Energy Score is built from data Vacation Tracker already has about your time off. Five factors are combined to produce the 0-100 number you see on the My Energy level page. Each factor has its own small progress bar in the Score breakdown section, so you can see what's pulling your score up and what's pulling it down.

The Five Factors

  • Recent Rest: how recently you took time off. A long stretch without a break lowers this factor.
  • PTO Balance: how your remaining balance looks. Having lots of unused days near the end of a period weighs on the score.
  • Rollover Health: how your brought-forward days are tracking. Days that are about to expire or have already been lost reduce this factor.
  • Work-Life Balance: how your work and leave rhythm compare with your usual pattern.
  • Leave Pattern: how spaced out your leaves are over time, and whether you've built a habit of regular rest.
Score breakdown section with five labeled progress bars: Recent Rest, PTO Balance, Rollover Health, Work-Life Balance, Leave Pattern

How the Number Shows Up

Each factor adds points to your total. The 0-100 number is then mapped to one of the five Energy Levels:

  • Peak Energy: 85-100. You're well rested.
  • Energized: 65-84. You're in a strong range.
  • Functional: 45-64. You're managing, with room to recover.
  • Struggling: 25-44. The system flags that you're running low.
  • Drained: 0-24. The system flags a strong need for recovery time.
It's a read on your data
The score reflects your time-off patterns inside Vacation Tracker, not anything else about you. Take it as one input, not the final word.

If a Factor Looks Off

Hover over the info icon next to each factor on the page to see the short tooltip that explains it. If the overall score still doesn't match where you'd put yourself, use Adjust Your Energy to share feedback, and the team uses that input to keep tuning the algorithm.

Common Questions

They contribute together, but not in equal slices. The mix is tuned by the Vacation Tracker team and updates over time as the algorithm improves. A small calculator marker on the Weekly Energy Trend chart shows when an algorithm update changed how scores are calculated.

No. Vacation Tracker doesn't see project data, work hours, or anything outside the leaves you log. The score only uses your time-off patterns inside Vacation Tracker.

It can happen if a recent factor changed sharply (for example, your PTO balance went down or your last leave is now further in the past as time moves on). The Score breakdown section is the quickest way to see which factor moved.

What's Next?

What Does Each Energy Level Mean? I Don't Think My Energy Score Is Correct. How Can I Share Feedback? What Is the Weekly Energy Trend Chart?
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