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Get a starting height for your work surface, then refine it with your relaxed elbow position, keyboard and chair.
Sitting desk height
72 cm–76 cm
Standing desk height
109 cm–115 cm
Approximate standing monitor top: 164 cm–170 cm from the floor.
Refine with your actual elbow and eye heights. Keep shoulders relaxed, forearms approximately horizontal and the keyboard just below elbow height.
Only desks with a documented finished-height range are included. A height match does not confirm room fit, stability, mounting or personal comfort.
SetupSelect Fit: 100/100 · Exceptional fit
Evidence coverage: 100%. Rounded to five points; a requirements match, not a product quality rating. Unknown optional specifications earn no points. Missing or failed required checks exclude a recommendation.
Height fit: 100/100
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Posture reference: HSE workstation guidance. The height ratios above are SetupSelect estimates, not HSE formulas.
The sitting estimate uses 41% of body height with a ±2 cm range. Standing uses 62% with ±3 cm. These are coarse SetupSelect planning heuristics, not individual body measurements or medical rules. People of the same height can have different leg and torso proportions. Measure your relaxed elbow height in the position you will actually work.
Start with shoulders relaxed, elbows near your sides and forearms approximately horizontal. A roughly right-angle elbow is a useful check, not a position to hold rigidly. The keyboard surface should sit slightly below elbow height. Subtract the height of a thick keyboard or tray when adjusting the desk and keep wrists comfortably aligned.
The standing monitor-top estimate is 93% of body height, with a ±3 cm range. Refine it so the top of the main screen is near or slightly below your eye line, with a comfortable downward gaze. In sitting mode, use your measured seated eye height. Bifocals and different visual tasks may need a lower screen.
Compare the finished desktop height, not a bare frame specification. Chair height, foot support, shoes, desktop thickness and keyboard height all change the final setting. A desk must reach both working positions if you plan to alternate. Adjust through the day and change posture rather than treating a calculated number as a target to hold.
The starting estimate is about 112 cm, with a 109–115 cm adjustment range to try. Confirm against relaxed elbow height while wearing your normal footwear.
No. Both the minimum and maximum finished desktop heights matter. This tool only labels a desk as matching when a known range covers the selected working-height estimate; missing specifications are not treated as a pass.