diff --git a/frontend/src/api/flowpilotAnalytics.ts b/frontend/src/api/flowpilotAnalytics.ts
index 0f4ccca4..27552bee 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/flowpilotAnalytics.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/flowpilotAnalytics.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import apiClient from './client'
-import type { FlowPilotDashboard, KnowledgeGapReport, CoverageResponse, FlowQualityResponse, EnhancedPsaMetrics } from '@/types/flowpilot-analytics'
+import type {
+  FlowPilotDashboard,
+  KnowledgeGapReport,
+  CoverageResponse,
+  FlowQualityResponse,
+  EnhancedPsaMetrics,
+  EscalationMetrics,
+} from '@/types/flowpilot-analytics'
 
 export const flowpilotAnalyticsApi = {
   async getDashboard(period: string = '30d'): Promise<FlowPilotDashboard> {
@@ -36,6 +43,13 @@ export const flowpilotAnalyticsApi = {
     })
     return response.data
   },
+
+  async getEscalationMetrics(period: string = '30d'): Promise<EscalationMetrics> {
+    const response = await apiClient.get<EscalationMetrics>('/analytics/flowpilot/escalations', {
+      params: { period },
+    })
+    return response.data
+  },
 }
 
 export default flowpilotAnalyticsApi
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/flowpilot/EscalationMetricCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/flowpilot/EscalationMetricCard.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78b97d34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/flowpilot/EscalationMetricCard.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { Clock, TrendingUp, AlertCircle } from 'lucide-react'
+import { flowpilotAnalyticsApi } from '@/api'
+import type { EscalationMetrics } from '@/types/flowpilot-analytics'
+
+interface EscalationMetricCardProps {
+  period?: string
+}
+
+function formatSeconds(s: number | null): string {
+  if (s === null) return '—'
+  if (s < 60) return `${Math.round(s)}s`
+  const mins = s / 60
+  if (mins < 10) return `${mins.toFixed(1)} min`
+  return `${Math.round(mins)} min`
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shows the in-product time-to-first-action metric above the EscalationQueue.
+ *
+ * NOTE: this is the in-product metric only. The "minutes recovered" sales
+ * claim requires a manual baseline measurement (see The Assignment in
+ * docs/plans/2026-04-27-escalation-mode-wedge-design.md). Frame the number
+ * as "time-to-first-action with structured handoff," not "minutes saved."
+ */
+export function EscalationMetricCard({ period = '30d' }: EscalationMetricCardProps) {
+  const [metrics, setMetrics] = useState<EscalationMetrics | null>(null)
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false
+
+    const load = async () => {
+      setIsLoading(true)
+      setError(null)
+      try {
+        const data = await flowpilotAnalyticsApi.getEscalationMetrics(period)
+        if (!cancelled) setMetrics(data)
+      } catch {
+        if (!cancelled) setError('Failed to load metric')
+      } finally {
+        if (!cancelled) setIsLoading(false)
+      }
+    }
+    load()
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true
+    }
+  }, [period])
+
+  if (isLoading) {
+    return (
+      <div className="card-flat p-4 mb-4 animate-pulse">
+        <div className="h-4 w-32 bg-elevated rounded" />
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <div className="card-flat p-4 mb-4 flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+        <AlertCircle size={14} />
+        <span>{error}</span>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  if (!metrics || metrics.n_handoffs_claimed === 0) {
+    return (
+      <div className="card-flat p-4 mb-4">
+        <p className="text-xs uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground">
+          Time to first action ({period})
+        </p>
+        <p className="mt-1 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+          No claimed escalations yet. Once your team starts using Pick Up,
+          we'll measure how fast they get into resolution.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  const avgLabel = formatSeconds(metrics.avg_seconds_to_first_action)
+  const medianLabel = formatSeconds(metrics.median_seconds_to_first_action)
+  const conversionRate =
+    metrics.n_handoffs_claimed > 0
+      ? Math.round(
+          (metrics.n_handoffs_with_action / metrics.n_handoffs_claimed) * 100,
+        )
+      : 0
+
+  return (
+    <div className="card-flat p-4 mb-4">
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground">
+        <TrendingUp size={12} />
+        <span>Time to first action — last {period}</span>
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="mt-2 flex flex-wrap items-baseline gap-x-6 gap-y-2">
+        <div>
+          <span className="font-heading text-2xl font-bold text-foreground">
+            {avgLabel}
+          </span>
+          <span className="ml-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground">avg</span>
+        </div>
+        <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+          <span className="font-medium text-foreground">{medianLabel}</span> median
+        </div>
+        <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+          <span className="font-medium text-foreground">
+            {metrics.n_handoffs_with_action}
+          </span>
+          /{metrics.n_handoffs_claimed} claimed escalations
+          <span className="ml-1 text-muted-foreground/70">
+            ({conversionRate}% reached first action)
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <p className="mt-2 flex items-start gap-1.5 text-[0.6875rem] text-muted-foreground">
+        <Clock size={10} className="mt-0.5 flex-none" />
+        <span>
+          In-product measurement only. The savings claim requires a manual
+          baseline of pre-Escalation-Mode handoff time. See your team's
+          Assignment for the baseline number.
+        </span>
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/flowpilot/index.ts b/frontend/src/components/flowpilot/index.ts
index 3fe5cc4e..0cdb9db0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/flowpilot/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/flowpilot/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export { AISessionListItem } from './AISessionListItem'
 export { SessionTicketCard } from './SessionTicketCard'
 export { EscalateModal } from './EscalateModal'
 export { EscalationQueue } from './EscalationQueue'
+export { EscalationMetricCard } from './EscalationMetricCard'
 export { SessionBriefing } from './SessionBriefing'
 export { ProposalCard } from './ProposalCard'
 export { ProposalDetail } from './ProposalDetail'
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/EscalationQueuePage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/EscalationQueuePage.tsx
index cddbff18..5ae5a20e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/EscalationQueuePage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/EscalationQueuePage.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import { AlertTriangle } from 'lucide-react'
-import { EscalationQueue } from '@/components/flowpilot'
+import { EscalationQueue, EscalationMetricCard } from '@/components/flowpilot'
 
 export default function EscalationQueuePage() {
   const [count, setCount] = useState<number | null>(null)
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export default function EscalationQueuePage() {
         </div>
       </div>
 
+      <EscalationMetricCard period="30d" />
+
       <EscalationQueue onCountChange={setCount} />
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/flowpilot-analytics.ts b/frontend/src/types/flowpilot-analytics.ts
index f1446f43..b5767060 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/flowpilot-analytics.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/flowpilot-analytics.ts
@@ -134,3 +134,16 @@ export interface EnhancedPsaMetrics {
   push_funnel: PsaFunnel
   daily_trend: PsaDailyTrend[]
 }
+
+// Escalation Mode wedge metric — in-product time-to-first-action.
+// Pair with a manual baseline measurement for the savings claim.
+// See docs/plans/2026-04-27-escalation-mode-wedge-design.md.
+export interface EscalationMetrics {
+  period: string
+  n_handoffs_claimed: number
+  n_handoffs_with_action: number
+  avg_seconds_to_first_action: number | null
+  median_seconds_to_first_action: number | null
+  p95_seconds_to_first_action: number | null
+  metric_definition: string
+}