Desk height for 5′3″.
At 5′3″ (160 cm), set your chair seat to 16″, your desk to 24″ when sitting and 39″ when standing.
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Drawn to scale. Top of the screen about 1″ below eye level.
- Chair seat height 16″ Floor to top of seat · 41 cm
- Seat depth ≤ 16.5″ Leaves a gap behind your knees
- Desk height, sitting 24″ Desk surface. 22–25″ works
- Desk height, standing 39″ Desk surface. 37–40″ works
- Screen top, sitting 44″ Standing: 59″ · from the floor
- At a standard 29.5″ desk Footrest Raise your chair 5.5″ and rest your feet on a footrest.
Footrests that reach 5.5″
At a standard 29.5″ desk, raise your chair 5.5″ and rest your feet on one of these.
- Mount-It! Adjustable Footrest with Foot Pedal4.25, 5.5 or 6.75″ · tilts Check price on Amazon
- Fellowes Office Suites Adjustable Footrest (8035001)4.125, 4.875 or 5.625″ · tilts Check price on Amazon
- Humanscale FR300 Foot Rocker (formerly FM300)3.75–6.75″ · tilts Check price on Amazon
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What this means for you
- A standard 29.5″ desk is about 5.5″ too high for you. Either choose a height-adjustable desk that goes down to 24″, or raise your chair to reach the desk and add a 5.5″ footrest.
- Look for a chair with a seat depth of 16.5″ or less, or one with an adjustable seat slider. Many chairs have 18–20″ deep seats, which press into the back of your knees.
- For a standing desk, make sure its height range covers both 24″ (sitting) and 39″ (standing).
These are averages for your height. Fine-tune by feel. How we calculate it.