Desk height for 6′1″.
At 6′1″ (185 cm), set your chair seat to 18.5″, your desk to 28″ when sitting and 45″ when standing.
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Drawn to scale. Top of the screen about 1″ below eye level.
- Chair seat height 18.5″ Floor to top of seat · 47 cm
- Seat depth ≤ 19.5″ Leaves a gap behind your knees
- Desk height, sitting 28″ Desk surface. 26–29″ works
- Desk height, standing 45″ Desk surface. 43–46″ works
- Screen top, sitting 51″ Standing: 68″ · from the floor
- At a standard 29.5″ desk Footrest Raise your chair 1.5″ and rest your feet on a footrest.
A footrest 1.5″ high
None of the footrests we track goes that low (the lowest starts at 2.5″). A desk that lowers to 28″ avoids the need.
What this means for you
- A standard 29.5″ desk is about 1.5″ too high for you. Either choose a height-adjustable desk that goes down to 28″, or raise your chair to reach the desk and add a 1.5″ footrest.
- You can use a deep seat (up to 19.5″). A seat slider helps your thighs get full support, and check that the chair's highest seat setting reaches 18.5″.
- For a standing desk, make sure its height range covers both 28″ (sitting) and 45″ (standing).
These are averages for your height. Fine-tune by feel. How we calculate it.